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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OCCA'SIONALLY, adv. s as z. According to incidental exigence; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly. He was occasionally present at our meetings. We have occasionally lent our aid.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention" [syn: occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 1630 on occasion ; now and then <dines out occasionally>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Occasionally Oc*ca"sion*al*ly, adv. In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly. --Stewart. The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the other, his subject occasionally by his preferment. --Fuller.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see occasional

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Sometimes, casually, at times, now and then.

Moby Thesaurus

at infrequent intervals, at intervals, at odd times, at times, at various times, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, brokenly, by catches, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, disconnectedly, discontinuously, every so often, fitfully, haphazardly, here and there, in spots, infrequently, intermittently, irregularly, now and then, off and on, on divers occasions, on occasion, once and again, only occasionally, only when necessary, per saltum, periodically, randomly, skippingly, sometimes, sporadically, uncommonly, willy-nilly