FROM TIME TO TIME

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does from time to time mean? 

• FROM TIME TO TIME (adverb)
  The adverb FROM TIME TO TIME has 1 sense:

1. sporadically and infrequently

  Familiarity information: FROM TIME TO TIME used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FROM TIME TO TIME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sporadically and infrequently

Synonyms:

at times; from time to time; now and again; now and then; occasionally; on occasion; once in a while

Context example:

as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention

 Context examples 

From time to time she came and looked over the Doctor's hand, and told him what to play.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was accepted; and from that period Jane had belonged to Colonel Campbell's family, and had lived with them entirely, only visiting her grandmother from time to time.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He started me off upon the letter A, and then he left me; but he would drop in from time to time to see that all was right with me.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet from time to time Alleyne met other wayfarers, and more than once was overtaken by strings of pack mules and horsemen journeying in the same direction as himself.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ten knots, twelve knots, eleven knots, varying from time to time, is the speed we are making.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Most people feel sad or irritable from time to time.

(Mood Disorders, NIH)

Were there tense, scary moments from time to time?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I have not traced these checks yet, but I have no doubt that they were banked under that name at some provincial town where Oldacre from time to time led a double existence.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes listened attentively to everything, throwing in a question from time to time.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A person may develop new moles from time to time, usually until about age 40.

(Moles, NIH: National Cancer Institute)