A great deal of 17th- and 18th-century poetry was 'occasional', meaning that it was written to celebrate a particular event (a marriage, birth or a military victory) or to solemnize a tragic occurrence (a death or a military defeat); this type of poetry was favored by gentlemen in the service of a noble or the king. Occasional: 1 adj occurring from time to time 'an occasional worker' Synonyms: casual irregular contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice adj occurring from time to time 'took an occasional glass of wine' Synonyms: infrequent not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals adj occurring or appearing at usually.
Another word for occasional. Find more ways to say occasional, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word occasionally. Princeton's WordNet (4.33 / 6 votes)Rate this definition: occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time (adverb) now and then or here and there.
Examples of occasionally in a Sentence
Fox News:
Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter, i have never retained him, received an invoice or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which I wanted his input and perspective. I assumed those questions were confidential, but to be absolutely clear they never involved any matter between me and a third party.
Maxim Behar:
There are other classic PR instruments - press conferences, media meetings, business brunches, business conferences, etc. All those are now replaced by posts on social media, and occasionally still by personal meetings with journalists.
May Sarton:
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.
Lewis Baldwin:
Democratic Socialist never believed in any kind of party identification, democratic Socialist never allowed Democratic Socialist to become closely aligned with partisan politics. Democratic Socialist occasionally said that that both the Democratic and Republican Party had betrayed Democratic Socialist people.
Josh Sweeney:
When I first started, if you weren't training, not eating the best and worked out only occasionally, if you knew the sport and had good hockey sense, you'd be okay, now, if you're not working out all the time, eating correctly and if you don't have that hockey sense, you're struggling.
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Occurring, encountered, done, or taken from time to time; irregular or infrequent. synonym: periodic.
- adjective Created for a special occasion.
- adjective Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- adjective Being a factor that makes something possible; being a cause of something.
- adjective Acting in a specified capacity from time to time.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of occasion; incidental; hence, occurring from time to time, but without regularity or system; made, happening, or recurring as opportunity requires or admits: as, an occasional smile; an occasional fit of coughing.
- Called forth, produced, or used on some special occasion or event; suited for a particular occasion: as, an occasional discourse.
- That serves as or constitutes the occasion or indirect cause; causal.
- noun A production caused by or adapted to some special occurrence, or the circumstances of the moment; an extemporaneous composition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental.
- adjectiveobsolete Produced by accident.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.
- adjective(Metaph.) some circumstance preceding an effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause.
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time.
- adjective Not very often.
- adjective Created for a specific occasion.
- adjective Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- adjective Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
- adjective occurring from time to time
- adjective recurring or reappearing from time to time
- adjective occurring from time to time
Etymologies
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Examples
Definition Of Occasionally
Obviously there's a market for the occasional brick, but that's definitely *occasional*, and probably not a lot of people are going to get their bricks published as their *first* books.
Henrik Jansson reviews Swedish author Pia Hintze's new novel Älskling in Hbl, and although he has some reservations about what he calls the occasional 'chattiness' of the style, he points to Hintze's ability to uncover and portray the reality of relationships and new parenthood in a way that's unusual, as it tears away the layers of social convention and secrecy that still surround many of the issues involved.
Sweetie (that's what you call your occasional traveling companion when you know you're stepping outside his comfort zone) - the landlord for that rental next week?
As the English word 'occasional' often implies no more than
Maybe that's why She puts in occasional appearances here on earth.
Maybe that's why She puts in occasional appearances here on earth.
Maybe that's why She puts in occasional appearances here on earth.
Maybe that's why She puts in occasional appearances here on earth.
Maybe that's why She puts in occasional appearances here on earth.
Maybe that's why She puts in occasional appearances here on earth.
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