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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

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

Once_in_a_while they said what a shame it was , with Granny dying , but they all agreed she would n't have wanted it any other way .

Related terms

occasional occasional

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