frequently vs occasionally
Definitions
adverb
- many times at short intervals
Examples
Close beside me stood my excellent friend Griffiths, the jolly hosteler, of whom I take the present opportunity of saying a few words, though I dare say he has been frequently described before, and by far better pens.
Harsh discipline was the child's lot, and they were often terrorized deliberately and, not infrequently, sexually abused.
These positions are frequently referred to respectively as objectivism and constructionism.
Definitions
adverb
- sporadically and infrequently
Examples
Not that I'm denigrating the effort - I'm good for a few quid once I've got a few beers in me later tonight - but the enforced jollity does occasionally grate.
He never complained, except when he occasionally slipped on muddy cobblestones.
Advancing age has occasionally brought resolution, more often just a little understanding, to many of these riddles, but not necessarily to the resilient ambiguity of history.
