occasionally

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb now and then or here and there

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time

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