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every so often en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occasionally; intermittently; irregularly; now and then; once in a while.
    • Check on the houseplants every so often to see if they need watering.
    • But Raven knows where he's going. Occasionally, he reaches out, grabs her hand, but he doesn't yank her around even though she's going a lot slower than he is. Every so often, he looks back at her with a grin, like, I could hurt you, but I won't. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 321:

Relateds

every now and then · every once in a while · every now and again

Translations (14)

nl af en toe (occasionally) · fr de temps en temps (occasionally) · el σποραδικά (occasionally) · es de vez en cuando (occasionally) · sv då och då (occasionally) · sv lite då och då (occasionally) · de ab und zu (occasionally) · it di tanto in tanto (occasionally) · sv med jämna mellanrum (occasionally) · ru время от времени (occasionally) · el κατά καιρούς (occasionally) · el κατά διαστήματα (occasionally) · it ogni tanto (occasionally) · nl van tijd tot tijd (occasionally)