periodically
English
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Adverb
[edit]periodically (not comparable)
- In a manner that is regular or periodic.
- 2008, Jeffrey C. May, Connie L. May, Jeff May’s Healthy Home Tips, page 124:
- Put two encasings on a mattress if one must be removed periodically for cleaning.
- intermittently or recurrently.
- Synonyms: sometimes, occasionally
- 2025 March 10, Karina Tsui, Elizabeth Wolfe, “Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 30 April 2025:
- The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on university administrators to rein in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have erupted periodically on college campuses across the country over the past year and led to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators.
Derived terms
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[edit]in a regular, periodic manner
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intermittently — see intermittently
Categories:
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)
- English terms suffixed with -ally
- English lemmas
- English adverbs
- English uncomparable adverbs
- English terms with quotations
- English frequency adverbs
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