Synonyms for occasional

Grammar : Adj

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Phonetic Transcription : əˈkeɪ ʒə nl

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Définition of occasional

Origin : late 14c., "occurring now and then," from occasion (n.) + -al (1). Meaning "casual" is 1560s. Meaning "happening on or pertaining to a particular occasion" is from 1630s. Of furniture, etc., from 1749.

adj irregular, sporadic

Example sentences :

What followed Andrew could not hear, except an occasional roar from Rankin.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Burlesque of character and calling puts in an occasional appearance.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

Only an occasional languid motion of the lids revealed the life that remained.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Only an occasional rasping cough testified to their presence.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

All its gaiety consists in an occasional tree in a courtyard.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Of that I have enough; but occasional hard drinking is the devil to me.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

Not a sound was heard but the moan of an occasional gust of wind.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

How beautiful they are, and, even in their occasional absurdity, how sacred.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Occasional passages in his letters are very beautiful, and very sad.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

Fine cauliflowers have been thus stored and kept for the occasional supply of the table until the middle of the following January.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

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