Definition of Periodically

1. Adverb. In a sporadic manner. "He only works sporadically"

Exact synonyms: Sporadically
Partainyms: Periodical, Sporadic

Definition of Periodically

1. adv. In a periodical manner.

Definition of Periodically

1. Adverb. In a regular periodic manner ¹

2. Adverb. intermittently ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Periodically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Periodically

periodic paralysis
periodic peritonitis
periodic polyserositis
periodic sentence
periodic structure
periodic structures
periodic system
periodic table
periodic tables
periodical
periodical cicada
periodical comet
periodical index
periodicalist
periodicalists
periodically (current term)
periodicalness
periodicals
periodicities
periodid
periodide
periodides
periodids
periodinane
periodinanes
perioding
periodization
periodizations

Literary usage of Periodically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"General Characteristics of the Vegetation in periodically Dry Tropical Districts. Formations. Xerophilous trees. Xerophilous shrubs. Lianes. Epiphytes. 2. ..."

2. A Treatise on Constitutional Conventions: Their History, Powers, and Modes by John Alexander Jameson (1887)
"The provisions of our Constitutions relating to this subject are of four varieties: first, such as require the call of a Convention periodically or at a ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"... and is regularly covered with water at high tide or periodically when extraordinarily high tides occur, the existence or otherwise of a right for the ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1884)
"(II) That the treatment of hay-fever and allied periodically recurring nasal affections in no way differs from the treatment of other nasal diseases ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... and in the elephants, conies and many edentates, the testes are internal in position, but in most other forms they descend periodically, or permanently, ..."

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