Thesaurus:occasionally
English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Sense: at relatively infrequent intervals
[edit]Detail: Of an abnormal frequency (not necessarily in an abnormal manner).
Synonyms
[edit]- at times (idiomatic)
- ever and anon (literary)
- every once in a while (idiomatic)
- every now and then (idiomatic)
- every so often (idiomatic)
- from time to time (idiomatic)
- intermittently
- irregularly
- now and again (idiomatic)
- now and then (idiomatic)
- occasionally
- on occasion
- once in a while (idiomatic)
- sometimes
- sporadically
- uncommonly
- while (obsolete)
- whilom (obsolete)
Antonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Various
[edit]See also
[edit]- Thesaurus:frequency
- Thesaurus:unusually (in an abnormal manner)
Further reading
[edit]- “136. frequency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “occasionally” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.