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From Time to Time (novel)
WordNet
adverb
(1) Now and then or here and there
"He was arrogant and occasionally callous"
"Open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"
"They visit New York on occasion"
"Now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"
"As we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while.
- } William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 3.
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- I'll find out your man,
- And he shall signify from time to time
- Every good hap to you that chances here.
- 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, ch. 25,
- On these red embers Hatteraick from time to time threw a handful of twigs.
- 1922, T. S. Eliot, "The Waste Land," lines 196-197,
- But at my back from time to time I hear
- The sound of horns and motors.
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