occasionally
//əˈkeɪʒənəli//
Forms
- Comparative
- more occasionally
- Superlative
- most occasionally
Definitions
1.On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
- Some perhaps worship only on alternate Sundays; others still more occasionally.
- The journal, more occasionally, has turned to what might be called "fashionable" themes.
- Flames could still be seen from town flaring up occasionally on a hill dotted with emergency vehicles.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2966
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.