occasionally

adv
/əˈkeɪʒənəli/

Etymology

From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.

  1. inherited from occasionally

Definitions

  1. On occasion

    On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.

    • God ſetteth no houres for the morning or evening ſacrifice because they may occaſionally be changed.
    • Some perhaps worship only on alternate Sundays; others still more occasionally.
    • The journal, more occasionally, has turned to what might be called "fashionable" themes.
  2. On an occasion, accidentally, by chance.

    • Mr Tourville occasionally told his age; just turned of thirty-one.
    • I had met Lord Ossory in the forenoon, who had come to town occasionally.
  3. On the occasion of something else happening

    On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way.

    • Were nothing els diſcourſively inſerted (as ſome little elſe occaſionally preſented it ſelfe), what paper more currently fit for the bareſt mechanicall uſes, [...]
    • 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...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for occasionally. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA