Antonym: customary. Similar words: occasionally, on occasion, professional, congressional, invasion, national, regional, missionary. Meaning: [ə'keɪʒənl] adj. 1. occurring from time to time 2. occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals 3. occuring from time to time.
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181. The singer is capable of delicacy, as well; the occasional pianissimo utterance takes you aback.
182. Some say that the rising number of people in an area is bound to create occasional disturbances.
183. There have been a few telephone calls and some occasional supervision on my part.
184. Both men fired repeatedly, guided by the occasional flash of a rifle ahead of them.
185. And the occasional burst pipe can cause major structural damage rather quickly.
186. When the wind dropped an occasional rumble in the distance reminded them of their first taste of war's excitements.
187. It wasn't too windy, but windy enough to cause the occasional shot to go astray.
188. Alongside the occasional opportunity classes in the 1960s came a little finding for extra staff.
189. Some anorexics combine fasting with occasional binges, followed by self-induced purging or vomiting.
190. A slight breeze picks up and you see only occasional flashes of distant lightning that still illuminate the whole sky.
191. The contributions have been only lightly edited, but the occasional inconsistencies of spelling, nomenclature, etc. cause few problems.
192. An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self- respect. Mark Twain
193. It is sometimes a mild complaint, with occasional acute bouts - or it can be source of constant pain and discomfort.
194. Chris had occasional casual work, but most of the time he was unemployed.
195. The routine can be enlivened at any time of year by the occasional charter to other destinations.
196. There have been occasional remarks that some players may have dallied for a time with what are known as recreational drugs.
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198. The distance be-tween us varied as each ship dodged occasional coconut trees and tall bushes.
199. In his later years he suffered from occasional bouts of insanity.
200. And there was always the shadow of illness, the occasional disturbing blankness, the spasms of physical distress.
201. The problem occurs in the patient who has an occasional seizure, which alarms fellow workers and disrupts work activities.
202. Anyway, I had no income other than occasional fees from the news media and they would dry up.
203. She still puts in occasional appearances, Graves concluded in all sincerity, as a muse to poets like himself!
204. The occasional glass of wine is both enjoyable and beneficial.
205. The only sound in the house is the occasional last convulsive sob from the top of the stairs.
206. There were the occasional disagreements about money, but mostly we got on well.
207. The only things that made her life bearable were the occasional visits from her grandchildren.
208. These fan deposits extend into the mountain valleys and have been dissected into terraces by occasional floods emerging from those valleys.
209. Walking through the old foundations, you discover broken bits of dinner plates and an occasional fork with its tines splayed.
210. I hear only a distant occasional cowbell and the cheerful nearer transactions of insects.
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