occasionally

== 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) On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. [from 15th c.] (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. (obsolete) On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way. [15th–18th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (at relatively infrequent intervals): See Thesaurus:occasionally ==== Translations ====