occasional

About 15.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.

   He was mostly solitary, but enjoyed the occasional visitor.

2. adjective Created for a specific occasion.

   Elgar's music was not created to be occasional music for high-school graduations.

3. adjective Intended for use as the occasion requires.

   What your living room needs are some occasional chairs.

4. adjective Acting in the indicated role from time to time.

   He is an occasional writer of letters to the editor.

5. noun A person who does something only occasionally.

Similar words

infrequent casual episodic unpredictable irregular sometimes one-time one-off sporadic intermittent

Often followed by

paper papers use visits and references cases or conformity glimpses