NOW AND AGAIN meaning: Occasionally, from time to time - OneLook

Usually means: Occasionally, from time to time.

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General (12 matching dictionaries)

now and again: Merriam-Webster
now and again: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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now and again: Rhymezone
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now and again: Mnemonic Dictionary
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now and again: Legal dictionary
now and again: Financial dictionary

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now and again: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (now and again)

▸ adverb: (idiomatic) Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.

Similar:

now and then, once in a while, occasionally, at times, from time to time, on occasion, every so often, here and there, once in a way, semioccasionally, more...

Opposite:

always, constantly, regularly, frequently

Types:

occasionally, sometimes, intermittently, sporadically, infrequently, periodically, irregularly, randomly, more...

Phrases:

every now and again, now and then again, more...

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Similar:

now and then, once in a while, occasionally, at times, from time to time, on occasion, every so often, here and there, once in a way, semioccasionally, more...

Opposite:

always, constantly, regularly, frequently

Types:

occasionally, sometimes, intermittently, sporadically, infrequently, periodically, irregularly, randomly, more...

Phrases:

every now and again, now and then again, more...

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