English Explanatory Dictionary

occasionally

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
  2. On an occasion, accidentally, by chance.
  3. On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way.

Pronunciation

/əˈkeɪʒənəli/ /əˈkeɪʒnəli/ /əˈkeɪʒənli/ en-us-occasionally.ogg

Word forms

occasionally more occasionally most occasionally

Etymology

From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.

Synonyms

at times ever and anon every once in a while every now and then every so often from time to time intermittently irregularly now and again now and then occasionally on occasion once in a while sometimes sporadically uncommonly while whilom

Antonyms

usually rarely

Related words

flakily unreliably frequency unusually
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