# occasionally

Pronunciation: say "uh-KAY-zhuh-nuh-lee" /əˈkeɪʒənəli/

## Adverb

1. At relatively infrequent intervals; from time to time rather than on a regular basis.
   - Simple: From time to time, but not very often.
   - _The committee meets occasionally, usually when an urgent matter arises._
   - _He occasionally writes for the local paper, though most of his work appears elsewhere._

## Adverb

2. By chance or accident, as something occurring without design or intention. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: By chance, as something that happens by accident and not on purpose.
3. Incidentally or by the way, as a point raised on the occasion of another matter being discussed. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: By the way, while you are talking about something else.

## Origin

From Middle English forms such as occasionally and occasionaly, equivalent to "occasional" plus the suffix "-ly."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/occasionally (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).