occasional
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2.8
- adjective
- /əˈkeɪʒənl/
:
ocasional
- We meet for an occasional coffee, but not too often.
- only occasional
- occasional outbursts
- occasional outbreaks of violence
And he would give occasional positive feedback.
- And he would give occasional positive feedback.
- So, hey, if you want to be the casual occasional opium user, OK.
- At scale, it's not an occasional thing now, it's the normal thing.
- I do drink the occasional kombucha.
- This could add to market volatility as occasional large orders hit the markets.
- But that is an occasional, rare and appropriate meal.
- I've been eating just fatty red meat and eggs, occasional chicken and pork and seafood.
- Our moods are stable and it also helps reduce occasional bloating and gas.
- We're keen and clear, precise language with the occasional flourish to let us into the story.
- And for that, I need to thank my classmate and occasional rival.
- His comments were occasional, fragmentary, dispersed.
- Snow blanketed cars and trash cans, the occasional taxi rumbling past like a Soviet tank.
- Struggled, lettered, No sound but occasional grunts.
Examples
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In the days that followed, I caught occasional glimpses of them together.
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Our moods are stable and it also helps reduce occasional bloating and gas.
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Yes, we have our occasional issues.
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And he would give occasional positive feedback.
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Every now and then, an occasional long shot pays off.
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I do drink the occasional kombucha.
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I mean, I do enjoy the occasional prank.
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And for that, I need to thank my classmate and occasional rival.
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Gray skies, occasional showers, and precipitation.
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No one was above him except for an occasional pigeon roosting on the roof.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
35
7.0
Happening sometimes and in different places
35
6.5
Happening sometimes but not all the time
27
3.5
Happening at no fixed times
19
2.8
Happening only sometimes and not regularly
13
4.5
Happening only sometimes and not often
3
7.1
Happening only sometimes and not regularly
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Occasional comes from the Latin occasio, which means 'a happening', and is like the word occur ('to happen'). So, something occasional is something that 'happens' now and then, not regularly.