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English Dictionary: occasionally by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occasionally
adv
  1. now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
    Synonym(s): occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occasionally \Oc*ca"sion*al*ly\, adv.
      In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as
      convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.
      --Stewart.
  
               The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the
               other, his subject occasionally by his preferment.
                                                                              --Fuller.
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