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OCCASIONALLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sporadically and infrequently
Example:
as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention
Synonyms:
at times; from time to time; now and again; now and then; occasionally; on occasion; once in a while
Classified under:
Pertainym:
occasional (occurring from time to time)
Context examples:
But I have occasionally done the same thing at other times.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For good, too; though, in consequence of my previous emotions, I was still occasionally seized with a stormy sob.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson, who is occasionally good enough to help me in my cases. Whom have I the honour to address?”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Pipes are occasionally of extraordinary interest,” said he.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For a year Jo and her Professor worked and waited, hoped and loved, met occasionally, and wrote such voluminous letters that the rise in the price of paper was accounted for, Laurie said.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Occasionally a solitary male was driven out by the sharp teeth of his rivals.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It produces serotonin and it may occasionally be found in association with a carcinoid syndrome.
(Gastric Enterochromaffin Cell Serotonin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Occasionally, adenomyoepitheliomas may undergo malignant transformation.
(Benign Breast Adenomyoepithelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Red blood cells that are at the last stage of development, still containing a nucleus, that are found in the bone marrow and occasionally in the peripheral blood.
(Nucleated Red Blood Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
Occasionally, it is associated with the development or presence of a carcinoma, usually squamous cell carcinoma.
(Oncocytic Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)
