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[ adverb ] now and then or here and there

Examples

"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 and read to us"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

Now_and_then , the glistening side of a half swamped object showed as it swept past .

Related terms

occasional occasional

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