5
infrequently(adverb, variable, simply, somewhat, barely)
5
once again
5
rarely(adverb, hardly, simply, somewhat, barely)
5
seldom(adverb, infrequently)
2
alternately(adverb, variable, vacillating, intermittent, uncertainly)
2
from time to time(adverb, now, then, infrequently, intermittently)
2
hardly(adverb, vacillating, scarcely, infrequently, intermittently)
2
hardly ever(expression, adverb, hardly, unusually, rarely)
2
irregularly(adverb, variable, intermittent, rarely, infrequently)
2
not much
2
not quite
2
once in a while(expression, adverb, hardly, infrequently, intermittently)
2
only just
2
scarcely(adverb, variable, vacillating, hardly, simply)
2
sometimes(adverb, variable, intermittent, infrequently, intermittently)
2
sporadically(adverb, variable, simply, somewhat, barely)
1
little(adverb, much, hardly, simply, somewhat)
1
at intervals(expression, adverb, uncertainly, intermittently, occasionally)
1
at irregular intervals(expression, idiom, adverb, variable, vacillating)
1
barely
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