10
now and then(expression, idiom, adverb, time, moment)
10
sometimes(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
10
occasionally(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
8
from time to time(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
8
now and again(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
7
on occasion(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
6
infrequently(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
6
off and on(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
5
irregularly(adverb, vacillating, rarely, infrequently, intermittently)
5
every now and then(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
5
once again
4
at times(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
4
every so often(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
4
on and off(expression, adverb, time, moment, rare)
4
sporadically(expression, adverb, time, rare, vacillating)
3
intermittently(expression, adverb, time, rare, vacillating)
3
periodically(expression, adverb, time, rare, frequency)
3
seldom(adverb, infrequently, occasionally)
2
at intervals(expression, adverb, time, rare, frequency)
1
alternately(adverb, vacillating, infrequently, intermittently, sporadically)
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