every once in a while

Adverb

Meaning

every once in a while (not comparable)

Synonym of once in a while

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

sometimes occasionally seasonal seldom periodically intermittently infrequently from time to time sporadically at times on occasion now and then once in a while now and again interruptedly
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Antonyms

often generally throughout frequently regularly annually
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Examples

Alfred is revealed to be Merlin, having lived beside him all these years and wiping Bruce's memory every once in a while to keep him from realizing his true nature. Source: Internet

But every once in a while, this seed of destruction would burst through in renewed prophecy, in splinter sects, and figures like Harold Camping, who in 2011 proclaimed that the world was about to end, in Florida, on a Saturday. Source: Internet

And then every once in a while she comes back. Source: Internet

But taking inventory of our priorities every once in a while is essential to our growth both as students and as people. Source: Internet

Crazy to take a step back and look at every once in a while! Source: Internet

About once every six to ten weeks I serve my turn at Not Your Usual Suspects and I also do a guest blog every once in a while. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

every now and again every now and then every old nook and cranny every one every one of every other