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occasionally

  • adverb
  • oc·ca·sion·al·ly
  • /əˈkeɪʒənəli/

On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.

Other meanings

  1. On an occasion, accidentally, by chance.

  2. On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way.

Word history

From Middle English "occasionally".

Where this comes from

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