Meaning & use
occasionally
From time to time; not often or regularly, but sometimes.
See it in a sentence
We occasionally meet for coffee, though our schedules rarely align.
The old car occasionally makes a strange rattling noise on bumpy roads.
A note on using this word
"Occasionally" suggests irregular, infrequent occurrence, more casual and less structured than "periodically," which implies a regular interval.
Words with a similar meaning
sometimesperiodically
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