Synonyms for once a while
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : wuhns |
Phonetic Transcription : wÊŒns |
Top 10 synonyms for once a while
- again
- almost never
- alternately
- at intervals
- at random
- at times
- betimes
- discontinuously
- ever and again
- ever so often
- every once in a while
- extra
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- finely
- fluctuating
- from time to time
- hardly
- hardly ever
- here and there
- in a few cases
- inhabitually
- irregularly
- little
- not often
- not very often
- notably
- now and then
- occasionally
- off and on
- on and off
- on occasion
- on rare occasions
- once and again
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- once in blue moon
- once or twice
- periodically
- rarely
- recurrently
- remarkably
- scarcely
- scarcely ever
- seldom
- semioccasionally
- singularly
- sometimes
- sporadically
- uncommon
- uncommonly
- unfrequently
- unoften
- unusually
- vacillating
- variably
- whimsically
Définition of once a while
Origin :- c.1200, anes, from ane "one" (see one ) + adverbial genitive. Replaced Old English æne. Spelling changed as pronunciation shifted from two syllables to one after c.1300. Pronunciation change to "wuns" parallels that of one. As an emphatic, meaning "once and for all," it is attested from c.1300, but this now is regarded as a Pennsylvania German dialect formation. Meaning "in a past time" (but not necessarily just one time) is from mid-13c.
- Once upon a time as the beginning of a story is recorded from 1590s. At once originally (early 13c.) meant "simultaneously," later "in one company" (c.1300), and preserved the sense of "one" in the word; the phrase typically appeared as one word, atones; the modern meaning "immediately" is attested from 1530s.
- As in now and then : adv once in a while
- As in occasionally : adv every now and then
- As in off and on : adv intermittently
- As in on and off : adv intermittently
- As in once in a while : adv occasionally
- As in rarely : adv not often; exceptionally
- As in seldom : adv infrequently
- As in sometimes : adv every now and then
- As in at times : adv now and then
- As in every now and then : adv occasionally
- As in from time to time : adv now and then
- As in once in awhile : adv every once in a while
- As in intermittently : adv at times
Antonyms for once a while
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