Local English word record

now and then

adverb · 1 sense

now and then or here and there

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Examples

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

Word relationships

Synonyms

occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and again, at times, from time to time

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occasionally synonym
on occasion synonym
once in a while synonym
now and again synonym
at times synonym
from time to time synonym

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Princeton WordNet 3.0