every so often

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every so often

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  1. not comparable Occasionally; intermittently; irregularly; now and then; once in a while. Check on the houseplants every so often to see if they need watering.

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adv occasionally

Españolde vez en cuando
Françaisde temps en temps
Deutschab und zu
Italianoogni tanto, di tanto in tanto
Ελληνικάσποραδικά sporadiká, κατά καιρούς katá kairoús, κατά διαστήματα katá diastímata
Русскийвремя от времени vremja ot vremeni

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@misc{every_so_often_2026,
  title = {every so often},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/every%20so%20often},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}