at times
Every so often
At times means occasionally or sometimes—not constantly, but recurring at intervals.
It suggests intermittent occurrence rather than regularity: At times I wonder if I made the right choice.
The phrase often introduces moments that contrast with a general pattern: She was usually cheerful, though at times melancholy.
- now and thenAt infrequent intervals
- once in a whileAt irregular intervals
- every once in a whileAt irregular intervals
- occasionallyAt infrequent intervals
- periodicallyAt recurring intervals
every so often · episodically · intermittently · in fits and starts · unpredictably · rarely · conditionally · sometimes · once in a blue moon · situationally · now and again · circumstantially · sporadically · infrequently · off and on · here and there · irregularly · variably
- frequency wordsalways, never, often, sometimes, usually
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
at timesalways
At all times
constantly · never · perpetually · incessantly · without exception
time, times, timeless, timely, timing, untimely, timeliness, timespan