"occasionally" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, /əˈkeɪʒnəli/, /əˈkeɪʒənli/ Audio: en-us-occasionally.ogg Forms: more occasionally [comparative], most occasionally [superlative]
Etymology: From occasional + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|occasional|ly}} occasional + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} occasionally (comparative more occasionally, superlative most occasionally)
  1. On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. Categories (topical): Time Translations (at relatively infrequent intervals): σπανίως (spaníōs) (Ancient Greek), երբեմն (erbemn) (Armenian), মাজে মাজে (english: maze maze) (Assamese), কেতিয়াবা কেতিয়াবা (ketiaba ketiaba) (Assamese), от време на време (ot vreme na vreme) (Bulgarian), понякога (ponjakoga) (Bulgarian), ocasionalment (Catalan), جاربەجار (carbecar) (Central Kurdish), جاروبار (carubar) (Central Kurdish), 耐唔耐 (alt: noi⁶ m⁴ noi⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 有時 (Chinese Cantonese), 有时 (jau⁵ si⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 偶爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 偶尔 (ǒu'ěr, ǒu'ér) (Chinese Mandarin), 偶然 (ǒurán) (Chinese Mandarin), treweythyow (Cornish), občas (Czech), příležitostně (Czech), af en toe (Dutch), wel eens (Dutch), nu en dan (Dutch), soms (Dutch), okaze (Esperanto), foje (Esperanto), fojfoje [emphatic] (Esperanto), viðhvørt (Faroese), av og á (Faroese), joskus (Finnish), välillä (Finnish), välistä (Finnish), toisinaan (Finnish), occasionnellement (French), შემთხვევით (šemtxvevit) (Georgian), gelegentlich (German), περιστασιακά (peristasiaká) (Greek), πού και πού (poú kai poú) (Greek), rana-rana (Hausa), néhanapján (Hungarian), alkalomadtán (Hungarian), nagy ritkán (Hungarian), esetenként (Hungarian), nagy néha (Hungarian), fo-uair (Irish), occasionalmente (Italian), saltuariamente (Italian), talvolta (Italian), たまに (tamani) (Japanese), 偶に (tamani) (Japanese), asbês (Kabuverdianu), рабайда (rabaida) (Kazakh), рабайдабір (rabaidabır) (Kazakh), 가끔 (gakkeum) (Korean), de vez en kuando (Ladino), okkażjonalment (Maltese), nish as reesht (Manx), sporadisk (Norwegian), av og til (Norwegian), nå og da (Norwegian), enjawiess (Plautdietsch), okazjonalnie (Polish), ocasionalmente (Portuguese), ocazional (Romanian), câteodată (Romanian), uneori (Romanian), иногда́ (inogdá) (Russian), и́зредка (ízredka) (Russian), вре́мя от вре́мени (vrémja ot vrémeni) (Russian), uaireannan (Scottish Gaelic), corra uair (Scottish Gaelic), povremeno (Serbo-Croatian), s vremena na vrijeme (Serbo-Croatian), príležitostne (Slovak), občas (Slovak), zriedkavo (Slovak), občasno (Slovene), ocasionalmente (Spanish), de vez en cuando (Spanish), a veces (Spanish), ibland (Swedish), då och då (Swedish), зрі́дка (zrídka) (Ukrainian), час від ча́су (čas vid čásu) (Ukrainian), đôi khi (Vietnamese), yn achlysurol (Welsh)
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  2. (obsolete) On an occasion, accidentally, by chance. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-occasionally-en-adv-CjmQ5lYe
  3. (obsolete) On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-occasionally-en-adv-y1s0K0xL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: specifically Related terms: flakily, unreliably, frequency, unusually [in an abnormal manner]
Synonyms: 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]

Alternative forms

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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:",
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          "alt": "noi⁶ m⁴ noi⁶⁻²",
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          "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:",
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        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
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        "On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes."
      ],
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          "from time to time"
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          "text": "Mr Tourville occasionally told his age; just turned of thirty-one.",
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          "ref": "1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "[N]othing gave him so much joy in conversation, as an opportunity of giving the company to understand, how well he was with persons of distinguished rank and character: he would often (for example) observe, as it were occasionally, that the duke of G— was one of the best natured men in the world […].",
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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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        "(obsolete) On an occasion, accidentally, by chance."
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], “The Fourth Letter. To the Same Favourable or Indifferent Reader.”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Fovre Letters, and Certaine Sonnets, […] (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n., published 1870], →OCLC, page 56:",
          "text": "Were nothing els diſcourſively inſerted (as ſome little elſe occaſionally preſented it ſelfe), what paper more currently fit for the bareſt mechanicall uſes, [...]",
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        {
          "ref": "1619, John Richardson, John Toland, The Canon of the New Testament Vindicated, page 30:",
          "text": "I think it is plain, that Origen, whatever Character he may have occaſionally given of this Book, did not judge it any part of the Canon...",
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        "(obsolete) On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way."
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        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/əˈkeɪʒənəli/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈkeɪʒnəli/"
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      "ipa": "/əˈkeɪʒənli/"
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      "word": "at times"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "every now and then"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "every so often"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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      "word": "from time to time"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
      "word": "intermittently"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
      "word": "irregularly"
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      "word": "now and again"
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    {
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      "word": "once in a while"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
      "word": "sometimes"
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    {
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:occasionally",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erbemn",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "երբեմն"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "english": "maze maze",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "মাজে মাজে"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "ketiaba ketiaba",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "কেতিয়াবা কেতিয়াবা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ot vreme na vreme",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "от време на време"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ponjakoga",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "понякога"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "ocasionalment"
    },
    {
      "alt": "noi⁶ m⁴ noi⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "耐唔耐"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "有時"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jau⁵ si⁴",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "有时"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "偶爾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒu'ěr, ǒu'ér",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "偶尔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒurán",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "偶然"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "treweythyow"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "občas"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "příležitostně"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "af en toe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "wel eens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "nu en dan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "soms"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "okaze"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "foje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic"
      ],
      "word": "fojfoje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "viðhvørt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "av og á"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "joskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "välillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "välistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "toisinaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "occasionnellement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šemtxvevit",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "შემთხვევით"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "gelegentlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peristasiaká",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "περιστασιακά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poú kai poú",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "πού και πού"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "spaníōs",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "σπανίως"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "rana-rana"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "néhanapján"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "alkalomadtán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "nagy ritkán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "esetenként"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "nagy néha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "fo-uair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "occasionalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "saltuariamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "talvolta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tamani",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "たまに"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tamani",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "偶に"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "asbês"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "rabaida",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "рабайда"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "rabaidabır",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "рабайдабір"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gakkeum",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "가끔"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "carbecar",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "جاربەجار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "carubar",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "جاروبار"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "de vez en kuando"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "okkażjonalment"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "nish as reesht"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "sporadisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "av og til"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "nå og da"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "enjawiess"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "okazjonalnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "ocasionalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "ocazional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "câteodată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "uneori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inogdá",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "иногда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ízredka",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "и́зредка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "uaireannan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "corra uair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "povremeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "s vremena na vrijeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "príležitostne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "občas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "zriedkavo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "občasno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "ocasionalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "de vez en cuando"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "a veces"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "ibland"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "då och då"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrídka",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "зрі́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čas vid čásu",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "час від ча́су"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "đôi khi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "at relatively infrequent intervals",
      "word": "yn achlysurol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "occasionally"
}

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