Definition of periodically in English:
periodically
adverb pɪərɪˈɒdɪkliˌpɪriˈɑdək(ə)li
1From time to time; occasionally.
I will periodically check on your progress
the students received help from a friend only periodically
Example sentencesExamples
- These periods of reaction can be harsh and tend to last a long time—much longer than the liberal reforms that periodically break out.
- Several neighborhoods suffered periodically from horrid smoke and fumes.
- Earthquakes strike even in the Midwest, fires periodically scorch the West, and tornadoes repeatedly threaten the Heartland.
- He situates himself in the gender debate early on and periodically throughout the book.
- This largesse is the latest in a series of rescues for a museum that has periodically been desperate for its next financial fix.
- It has blunted sporadic attacks from politicians, but its government funding is periodically threatened.
- Periodically for about 40 years now, he has produced a new series of paintings.
- Various denominations have periodically arisen intending to form churches ever closer to the original from which they believed current churches had fallen.
- Rumors surface periodically that he's on the way out.
- The thinner air tricks your body into thinking it is suffocating, and so you wake up periodically gasping desperately for breath.
- 1.1 At regularly occurring intervals.
the newsletter is sent out periodically to update members
the lamps were periodically switched on and off at 30 minute intervals
Example sentencesExamples
- Nearly 600 paintings will be displayed on rolling racks that will be periodically rotated.
- These machines can be backed up periodically.
- We used the debug buffer on the receiver, with a script running periodically to execute a program to extract the channel data from the buffer.
- The vaccine has to be updated periodically, in a race to keep ahead of ever more virulent strains.
- The flush tank periodically releases a large volume of water into the gutter.
- The filter must be replaced periodically to maintain performance.
- The plans are set up so that if you put in a specified amount of money, either periodically or in a lump sum, they guarantee to cover the cost.
- We test the product periodically for shelf life at 45 degrees.
- We have to spray periodically for coddling moth.
- The plots were tilled periodically to control weeds.
Definition of periodically in US English:
periodically
adverbˌpirēˈädək(ə)lēˌpɪriˈɑdək(ə)li
1From time to time; occasionally.
I will periodically check on your progress
the students received help from a friend only periodically
Example sentencesExamples
- Various denominations have periodically arisen intending to form churches ever closer to the original from which they believed current churches had fallen.
- Periodically for about 40 years now, he has produced a new series of paintings.
- This largesse is the latest in a series of rescues for a museum that has periodically been desperate for its next financial fix.
- He situates himself in the gender debate early on and periodically throughout the book.
- These periods of reaction can be harsh and tend to last a long time—much longer than the liberal reforms that periodically break out.
- Earthquakes strike even in the Midwest, fires periodically scorch the West, and tornadoes repeatedly threaten the Heartland.
- The thinner air tricks your body into thinking it is suffocating, and so you wake up periodically gasping desperately for breath.
- Several neighborhoods suffered periodically from horrid smoke and fumes.
- It has blunted sporadic attacks from politicians, but its government funding is periodically threatened.
- Rumors surface periodically that he's on the way out.
- 1.1 At regularly occurring intervals.
the newsletter is sent out periodically to update members
the lamps were periodically switched on and off at 30 minute intervals
Example sentencesExamples
- The plots were tilled periodically to control weeds.
- We test the product periodically for shelf life at 45 degrees.
- We used the debug buffer on the receiver, with a script running periodically to execute a program to extract the channel data from the buffer.
- The vaccine has to be updated periodically, in a race to keep ahead of ever more virulent strains.
- The filter must be replaced periodically to maintain performance.
- We have to spray periodically for coddling moth.
- Nearly 600 paintings will be displayed on rolling racks that will be periodically rotated.
- The plans are set up so that if you put in a specified amount of money, either periodically or in a lump sum, they guarantee to cover the cost.
- These machines can be backed up periodically.
- The flush tank periodically releases a large volume of water into the gutter.