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On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
- God ſetteth no houres for the morning or evening ſacrifice because they may occaſionally be changed.
- Some perhaps worship only on alternate Sundays; others still more occasionally.
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On an occasion, accidentally, by chance.obsolete
- I had met Lord Ossory in the forenoon, who had come to town occasionally.
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On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way.obsolete
- Were nothing els diſcourſively inſerted (as ſome little elſe occaſionally preſented it ſelfe), what paper more currently fit for the bareſt mechanicall uſes, [...]
- I think it is plain, that Origen, whatever Character he may have occaſionally given of this Book, did not judge it any part of the Canon...
syn. at times · ever and anon · every once in a while · every now and then · every so often · from time to time · intermittently · irregularly · now and again · now and then · occasionally · on occasion
ant. usually · rarely