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"word": "usually"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "From occasional + -ly.",
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{
"form": "more occasionally",
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"oc‧ca‧sion‧al‧ly"
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"in an abnormal manner"
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"ref": "1639, Henry Ainsworth, Annotations Upon the Five Books of Moses, the Book of the Psalmes and the Song of Songs, page 177",
"text": "God ſetteth no houres for the morning or evening ſacrifice because they may occaſionally be changed.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1855, Horace Mann, “On the Statistical Position of Religious Bodies in England and Wales”, in Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 18, number 2, page 152",
"text": "Some perhaps worship only on alternate Sundays; others still more occasionally.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1978, Stephen R. Graubard, “Twenty Years of 'Daedalus'”, in Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume 32, number 3, page 18",
"text": "The journal, more occasionally, has turned to what might be called \"fashionable\" themes.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007 August 17, Matt Gouras/AP, “Wildfires Rage in Montana”, in Time",
"text": "Flames could still be seen from town flaring up occasionally on a hill dotted with emergency vehicles.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"From time to time; sometimes; at relatively infrequent intervals."
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"sometimes",
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"word": "now and then"
},
{
"word": "once in a while"
}
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "erbemn",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "երբեմն"
},
{
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"code": "as",
"english": "maze maze",
"lang": "Assamese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "মাজে মাজে"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ketiaba ketiaba",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "কেতিয়াবা কেতিয়াবা"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ot vreme na vreme",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "от време на време"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "ponjakoga",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "понякога"
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{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "ocasionalment"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"alt": "noi⁶ m⁴ noi⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "耐唔耐"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "有時"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jau⁵ si⁴",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "有时"
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{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "偶爾"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ǒu'ěr, ǒu'ér",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "偶尔"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ǒurán",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "偶然"
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"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "treweythyow"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "občas"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "příležitostně"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "af en toe"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "wel eens"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "nu en dan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "soms"
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"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "okaze"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "foje"
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{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"tags": [
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"word": "fojfoje"
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"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "viðhvørt"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "av og á"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "joskus"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "välillä"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "välistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "toisinaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "occasionnellement"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šemtxvevit",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "შემთხვევით"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "gelegentlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peristasiaká",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "περιστασιακά"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "poú kai poú",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "πού και πού"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spaníōs",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "σπανίως"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "rana-rana"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "néhanapján"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "alkalomadtán"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "nagy ritkán"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "esetenként"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "nagy néha"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "fo-uair"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "occasionalmente"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "saltuariamente"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "talvolta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tamani",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "たまに"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tamani",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "偶に"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "asbês"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "rabaida",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "рабайда"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "rabaidabır",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "рабайдабір"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gakkeum",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "가끔"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "carbecar",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "جاربەجار"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "carubar",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "جاروبار"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "de vez en kuando"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "okkażjonalment"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "nish as reesht"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "sporadisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "av og til"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "nå og da"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "enjawiess"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "okazjonalnie"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "ocasionalmente"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "ocazional"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "câteodată"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "uneori"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "inogdá",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "иногда́"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ízredka",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "и́зредка"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "uaireannan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "corra uair"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "povremeno"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "s vremena na vrijeme"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "príležitostne"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "občas"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "zriedkavo"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "občasno"
},
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"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "ocasionalmente"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "de vez en cuando"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "a veces"
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"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "ibland"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "då och då"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zrídka",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "зрі́дка"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čas vid čásu",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "час від ча́су"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "đôi khi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "yn achlysurol"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 103",
"text": "I had met Lord Ossory in the forenoon, who had come to town occasionally."
}
],
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"By chance; accidentally."
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"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) By chance; accidentally."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
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{
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "zriedkavo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "občasno"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "ocasionalmente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "de vez en cuando"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "a veces"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "ibland"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "då och då"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zrídka",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "зрі́дка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čas vid čásu",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "час від ча́су"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "đôi khi"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals",
"word": "yn achlysurol"
}
],
"word": "occasionally"
}
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