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periodically

/ˌpiɹiˈɑdɪkəli/

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What does periodically mean?

adverb

  1. In a manner that is regular or periodic.
  2. intermittently or recurrently.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌpiɹiˈɑdɪkəli/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/ˌpiɹiˈɑdɪkli/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Good, honest, retired ministers would come periodically and sell me stock in some new enterprise that had millions in it--in its prospectus.
Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard KnocksProject Gutenberg ebook #455
The character which is transmitted in this case is not the tendency to migrate periodically upwards and downwards, but the positive heliotropism.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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The foregoing chapter is sufficient to explain the ferocity of the male elephant at certain seasons which periodically affect the nervous system.
Samuel White, Sir BakerWild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #3657
The catch was taken out periodically through a bolted lid, the snow was melted, the resulting water measured and its weight calculated.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
In these crises a great part not only of the existing products, but also of the previously created productive forces, are periodically destroyed.
Karl Marx; Friedrich EngelsThe Communist ManifestoProject Gutenberg ebook #61