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# occasionally

«occasionally» in Mova's school dictionary: **sometimes, but not often or regularly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (occasionally)

### meaning for a pupil

Occasionally means sometimes, but not often or regularly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «we occasionally have pizza» means now and then. In maths and data lessons, occasionally sits on a scale of frequency: never, rarely, occasionally, sometimes, often, usually, always. In stories it shows something unusual. Common phrases: «only occasionally», «very occasionally», «occasionally visit».

### examples

- We occasionally go to the cinema on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x1)
- It occasionally snows in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x2)
- I occasionally forget my PE kit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x3)
- The volcano still erupts occasionally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x4)
- Grandad visits us occasionally from Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x5)
- Only very occasionally does the teacher shout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x6)
- Bears occasionally come into the campsite, so lock the bins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x7)
- The bear permitted them to amuse themselves in this way, only occasionally calling out, when it went a little too far, "Children, spare me an inch of life." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: two c's and one s — o-c-c-a-s-i-o-n-a-l-l-y, with double l. From «occasion» + «-al» + «-ly». It is less often than «often» but more than «rarely».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «occasionally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasionally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.