Occasional - English meaning

adjective

Relaxed and unconcerned.

Usage examples:

A casual attitude to life

noun

A person who does something irregularly.

Usage examples:

A number of casuals became regular customers

adjective

Not serious or careful in attitude; only partly interested

Usage examples:

A casual glance at a magazine, even to the casual observer, the forgery was obvious., we have a sma…

adjective

Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

A few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion

adjective

Without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest

Usage examples:

She made a desultory attempt at conversation., he wandered around, cleaning up in a desultory way.

adjective

Containing or consisting of a series of separate parts or events.

Usage examples:

An episodic narrative

adjective

Happening only sometimes and not regularly

Usage examples:

The war between these two countries has been long-drawn-out and episodic., an episodic drama series

adjective

Active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady.

Usage examples:

A few hours' fitful sleep

adjective

Going off and on irregularly

Usage examples:

Her breathing is fitful.

adjective

Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else.

Usage examples:

For the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental

noun

An incidental expense, event, etc.

Usage examples:

An allowance to cover meals, taxis, and other incidentals

adjective

Happening by chance, or in connection with something of greater importance

Usage examples:

His influence on younger employees was incidental, not intentional., will i be reimbursed for incid…

adjective

Not occurring often; rare.

Usage examples:

Her visits were so infrequent

adjective

Not happening often; rare

Usage examples:

Wiggins made one of his infrequent trips into manhattan.

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

Usage examples:

Intermittent rain

adjective

Not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with long periods in between

Usage examples:

It rained intermittently all day.

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

adjective

Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Usage examples:

Isolated farms and villages

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

Usage examples:

An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

adjective

Appearing or occurring at intervals.

Usage examples:

The periodic visits she made to her father

adjective

Happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern

Usage examples:

He suffers periodic mental breakdowns.

adjective

Made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision.

Usage examples:

Apparently random violence

noun

An unknown, unspecified, or odd person.

Usage examples:

I just sat down by myself and talked to some randoms

adjective

Happening, done, or chosen by chance rather than according to a plan or pattern

Usage examples:

A random sample, he was stopped at the border in a random check., dylan picked several books at ran…

adjective

(of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often.

Usage examples:

A rare genetic disorder

adjective

(of meat, especially beef) lightly cooked, so that the inside is still red.

Usage examples:

Rare roast beef

adverb

Not often; rarely.

Usage examples:

Islay is seldom visited by tourists

adjective

Not common; infrequent.

Usage examples:

A great but seldom pleasure

adverb

Almost never

Usage examples:

I seldom drive my car into the city.

adverb

At some unspecified or unknown time.

Usage examples:

You must come and have supper sometime

adjective

Former.

Usage examples:

The sometime editor of the paper

adverb

At a time in the future or the past which is not known or stated

Usage examples:

I’m having lunch with an old friend sometime next week.

adjective

Occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.

Usage examples:

Spasmodic fighting continued

adjective

Happening suddenly for short periods of time and not in a regular way

Usage examples:

He made spasmodic attempts to clean up the house.

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.

Usage examples:

Sporadic fighting broke out

adjective

Not happening or appearing in a pattern; not continuous or regular

Usage examples:

She makes sporadic trips to europe., the storm caused sporadic flooding throughout the region., i’v…

adjective

Out of the ordinary; unusual.

Usage examples:

Prostate cancer is not uncommon in men over 60

adverb

Remarkably.

Usage examples:

He was uncommon afraid