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occasionally

[ uh-key-zhuh-nl-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

occasionally

/ əˈkeɪʒənəlɪ /

First recorded in 1615–25; occasional + -ly

We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.

His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.

Occasionally, a level will take 20 or more strokes to complete.

Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.

A male and female who do most of the mating dominate packs, and younger subordinates only breed occasionally.

He conducts this ceremony with the greatest solemnity, occasionally pronouncing these incantatory words, "Plate or shell, sah?"

Occasionally this artist has painted genre subjects, but her real success has not been in this direction.

Occasionally the nucleus is irregular in shape, "clover-leaf" forms being not infrequent.

Occasionally, over a narrow stream, a frail footbridge would be built.

Occasionally faint sounds came from the distance—the movements of cleaners at work, a raised voice, the slamming of a door.

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