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adjective

Occasional adj.

Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts. "The... occasional writing of the present times."

Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing. (Obs.)

Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.

Occasional cause (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but not the efficient, cause of an explosion.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Occasional" Quotes from Famous Books

... on the still, warm air of the room, upsetting the calculations of a few mischievously busy mosquitoes. The sun shone in through the doorway. The ranch was quiet now. All the "hands" had departed to their work, and only the occasional lowing of a solitary milch cow in one of the corrals, and the trampling feet of the horses waiting to be "broken," and the "yeps" of a few mouching dogs, afforded any sign of life outside in ...

— The One-Way Trail - A story of the cattle country • Ridgwell Cullum

... strong westerly winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but does ...

— The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... the march begins at sunrise, and with occasional halts continues until about an hour and a half before sunset. It is necessary to stop thus early to prepare for passing the night, for toil here ends not with the march. Instead of the cheering blaze, the welcoming landlord, and the long bill of fare, the traveller has now to collect his fuel, ...

— A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson • Watkin Tench

... was useless to discuss the matter farther, he turned his attention to the game, and the others did the same, although they could not repress an occasional chuckle ...

— The Grandee • Armando Palacio Valds

... Riverside manor, while returning from a canter in the neighborhood, they paused upon an eminence that overlooked a portion of the city of Richmond. There, upon an open space, could be seen a great number of the citizens assembled, apparently listening to the harangue of an orator. The occasional cheer that arose from the multitude faintly reached their ears, and that mass of humanity, restless, turbulent and excited, seemed, even at that distance, to be swayed by some ...

— Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession • Benjamin Wood

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