"occasionally" meaning in All languages combined

See occasionally on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /əˈkeɪʒənəli/ Audio: en-us-occasionally.ogg [US]
Etymology: occasional + -ly Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|occasional|ly}} occasional + -ly
  1. If something happens occasionally, then it happens sometimes, but not often.
    Sense id: simple-occasionally-en-adv-GuJ9UsPh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ly
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  "etymology_text": "occasional + -ly",
  "hyphenation": "oc‧ca‧sion‧al‧ly; oc‧casi‧onal‧ly; oc‧casion‧ally",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I occasionally get nosebleeds when I fly."
        },
        {
          "text": "He's occasionally late, but most of the time he is prompt."
        }
      ],
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    },
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        },
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          "text": "He's occasionally late, but most of the time he is prompt."
        }
      ],
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        "If something happens occasionally, then it happens sometimes, but not often."
      ]
    }
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    },
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