Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occurring once in a while: as, a semioccasional visit.
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- adjective Once in a while; on rare
occasions .
Etymologies
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semi- + occasional
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Examples
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It is not the occasional rowdiness, the semioccasional bawdiness, of this barroom conversation which I chiefly regret.
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Amy teased Jo, and Jo irritated Amy, and semioccasional explosions occurred, of which both were much ashamed afterward.
Little Women 1921
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Amy teased Jo, and Jo irritated Amy, and semioccasional explosions occurred, of which both were much ashamed afterward.
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 1860
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I'm not wholesale against the semioccasional seasonal uncritical programme on behalf of a particular religious tradition.
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