occasionally
Adverb
- now and then or here and there
- "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"
- "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"
Adv
- On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
- On an occasion, accidentally, by chance.
- On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.
Synonyms
at times, from time to time, now and again, now and then, on occasion, once in a while, ever and anon, every now and then, every once in a while, every so often, intermittently, irregularly, occasionally, sometimes, sporadically, uncommonly, while, whilom
Scrabble Score: 19
occasionally: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoccasionally: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
occasionally: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary