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"


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

from nowhere
from on high
from pillar to post
from scratch
from sea to shining sea
from side to side
from soup to nuts
from start to finish
from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
from the bottom of one's heart
from the get-go
from the git-go
from the ground up
from the heart
from the word go
from time to time (current term)
from way back
fromage
fromager
fromagerie
fromageries
fromagers
fromages
fromard
fromards
fromenties
fromenty
fromology
fromward
fron'tated

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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