occasionally

English Online Dictionary. What means occasionally‎? What does occasionally mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, /əˈkeɪʒnəli/, /əˈkeɪʒənli/
• Hyphenation: oc‧ca‧sion‧al‧ly, oc‧casi‧onal‧ly, oc‧casion‧ally

Adverb

occasionally (comparative more occasionally, superlative most occasionally)

1. On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. [from 15th c.]
2. (obsolete) On an occasion, accidentally, by chance. [17th–18th c.]
   • 1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 103:

     I had met Lord Ossory in the forenoon, who had come to town occasionally.

3. (obsolete) On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way. [15th–18th c.]

Synonyms

• (at relatively infrequent intervals): See Thesaurus:occasionally

Translations