occasionallyadverb
uk/əˈkeɪ.ʒən.əl.i//əˈkeɪʒ.nəl.i/us/əˈkeɪ.ʒən.əl.i//əˈkeɪʒ.nəl.i/B2 sometimes but not often:
I see him occasionally in town.
Occasionally I'll have a piece of chocolate, but it's very rare.
More examples
- The path follows the river closely, occasionally deviating round a clump of trees.
- You're bound to forget people's names occasionally.
- She only sees her niece occasionally, so she showers her with presents when she does.
- Does it never occur to you that I might like to be on my own occasionally?
- I don't mind helping her out occasionally, but this is getting beyond a joke.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rarely & infrequently
- (every) now and then/again idiom
- blue
- ever and anon
- every
- few
- fit
- in/by fits and starts idiom
- infrequent
- occasion
- occasional
- odd
- odd jobs
- once
- once in a blue moon idiom
- one-shot
- rarely
- seldom
- ship
- sometimes
- stop-and-go
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