periodically en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English per- English iodic English periodic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English periodically From periodic + -ally.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a manner that is regular or periodic.
Put two encasings on a mattress if one must be removed periodically for cleaning.
2008, Jeffrey C. May, Connie L. May, Jeff May’s Healthy Home Tips, page 124:
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(not-comparable) intermittently or recurrently.
The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on university administrators to rein in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have erupted periodically on college campuses across the country over the past year and led to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators.
2025 March 10, Karina Tsui, Elizabeth Wolfe, “Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025:
Deriveds
nonperiodically · nanoperiodically · photoperiodically
Synonyms
Translations (26)
hy պարբերաբար (in a regular, periodic manner) · el κατά περιόδους (in a regular, periodic manner) · tr periyodik olarak (in a regular, periodic manner) · az vaxtaşırı (in a regular, periodic manner) · pl okresowo (in a regular, periodic manner) · da periodisk (in a regular, periodic manner) · pt periodicamente (in a regular, periodic manner) · es periódicamente (in a regular, periodic manner) · ja 周期的に (in a regular, periodic manner) · pl periodycznie (in a regular, periodic manner) · it periodicamente (in a regular, periodic manner) · cmn 周期性地 (in a regular, periodic manner) · nl periodiek (in a regular, periodic manner) · vi định kỳ (in a regular, periodic manner) · uk періоди́чно (in a regular, periodic manner) · ja 定期的に (in a regular, periodic manner) · cmn 定期地 (in a regular, periodic manner) · de zeitweise (in a regular, periodic manner) · ar بِشَكْل دَوْرِيّ (in a regular, periodic manner) · ca periòdicament (in a regular, periodic manner) · fr périodiquement (in a regular, periodic manner) · el περιοδικά (in a regular, periodic manner) · ru периоди́чески (in a regular, periodic manner) · vi tuần hoàn (in a regular, periodic manner) · el περιοδικώς (in a regular, periodic manner) · fi säännöllisesti (in a regular, periodic manner)