Occasional | Mean of occasional in English Dictionary

/əˈkeɪʒənl̟/

• happening or done sometimes but not often
1. She receives occasional phone calls from her mother.
2. There will be occasional showers during the morning.
3. She makes occasional appearances on television. = She appears on the occasional television show.
4. Most mornings, we'll see deer or the occasional bear walking past our house.
5. He tells an occasional joke to keep his students interested.
6. I need to take occasional breaks from work.
7. Sure, I drink an occasional glass of wine from time to time.
• sometimes doing a particular job or activity
1. She's an occasional lecturer at the university.
2. an occasional actor
3. occasional smokers [=people who smoke occasionally]