dictionary definitions for "occasionally"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  occasionally
      adv 1: now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and
             occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally
             interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on
             occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite
             book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along,
             the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his
             attention" [syn: occasionally, on occasion, {once in
             a while}, now and then, now and again, at times,
             from time to time]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Occasionally \Oc*ca"sion*al*ly\, adv.
     In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as
     convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.
     --Stewart.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the
           other, his subject occasionally by his preferment.
                                                    --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]


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