How do you pronounce occasionally?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkeɪʒənəli/.

Where does occasionally come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

occasionally

/əˈkeɪʒənəli/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: oc-ca-sion-al-ly
IPA: /əˈkeɪʒənəli/

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Meaning

adv

On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.

adv

On an occasion, accidentally, by chance.

Obsolete

adv

On the occasion of something else happening; incidentally, by the way.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"God ſetteth no houres for the morning or evening ſacrifice because they may occaſionally be changed."
"Some perhaps worship only on alternate Sundays; others still more occasionally."
"The journal, more occasionally, has turned to what might be called "fashionable" themes."
"Flames could still be seen from town flaring up occasionally on a hill dotted with emergency vehicles."
"Mr Tourville occasionally told his age; just turned of thirty-one."
"[N]othing gave him so much joy in conversation, as an opportunity of giving the company to understand, how well he was with persons of distinguished rank and character: he would often (for example) observe, as it were occasionally, that the duke of G— was one of the best natured men in the world […]."

Etymology

From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: occasionally

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more occasionally (comparative) most occasionally (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

flakily unreliably frequency unusually

Synonyms

at times ever and anon every once in a while every now and then every so often from time to time intermittently irregularly now and again now and then occasionally on occasion

Antonyms

usually rarely