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Occasional


OCCA'SIONAL, adjective s as z.

1. Incidental; casual; occurring at times, but not regular or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits. We make occasional remarks on the events of the age.

2. Produced by accident; as the occasional origin of a thing.

3. Produced or made on some special event; as an occasional discourse.