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Definition of From time to time
1. Adverb. Now and then or here and there. "As we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
Partainyms: Occasional
Definition of From time to time
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while. ¹
2. Adverb. (obsolete) Continuously from one time to another; at all times, constantly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of From Time To Time
Literary usage of From time to time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"... and also if Richard Paley and the Plaintiff, or their heirs, executors, or
administrators, should from time to time upon demand pay to the bankers all ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... members of his family made upon hie generosity, he was able to use hospitality,
and relatives and friends were from time to time entertained by him. ..."
3. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"them from time to time, as they shall see cause, if they appear defective in
their duties. That no searcher, during this time of visitation, be permitted to ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"... taking care that whatever route was adopted the road as constructed from time
to time was to be, substantially, in the direction of some point in what ..."
5. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"Such is the manner of interment; and the ceremony was repeated from time to time
throughout the war. Over those who were the first buried Pericles was ..."
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