Wiktionary
adv. 1 (lb en idiomatic) occasionally; sometimes; once in a while. 2 (lb en legal) In whatever status exists at various times.(attention en topic=law definition may need improved wording) 3 (lb en obsolete) Continuously from one time to another; at all times, constantly.
WordNet
adv. now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention" [syn: occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times]
Wikipedia
From Time to Time may refer to:
- From Time to Time (film), a 2009 British film directed by Julian Fellowes
- The Timekeeper or From Time to Time (1992), a Circle-Vision 360° film shown at Disney theme parks
- From Time to Time (novel), a 1995 novel by Jack Finney
- From Time to Time – The Singles Collection (1991), an album by Paul Young
- "From Time to Time", a song by Rascal Flatts from the album Rascal Flatts (2000)
- "From Time to Time", a song by Ride from the album Carnival of Light (1994)
From Time to Time is a 1995 illustrated novel by Jack Finney, the sequel to Time and Again, which tells the story of how Simon Morley, working on a secret government project in 1970, was able to travel back in time to the New York City of 1882.
From Time to Time is a 2009 British fantasy drama film directed by Julian Fellowes and starring Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Carice van Houten, Alex Etel, Eliza Bennett, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Dominic West, Hugh Bonneville, Kwayedza Kureya, and Pauline Collins. It was adapted from Lucy M. Boston's children's novel The Chimneys of Green Knowe (1958). The film was shot in Athelhampton Hall, Dorset.
Usage examples of "from time to time".
Amid the gnash and clash of cutlery on china and the humming conversation he ate in silence, feeling from time to time the many curious eyes inspecting him.
Or maybe, considering we live in a world where drunks can crush State Troopers against the sides of eighteen-wheelers and where make-believe Buicks show up from time to time at real gas stations, not so amazing.
Even the ladies get hungry and thirsty from time to time, believe it or not.
He looked at that tape himself from time to time and probably felt the same, although he never said.
The thing still put on its lightshows from time to time, and both Curt and Tony continued to run experiments from time to time.
We blue-skied it from time to time, but no one ever had an idea that felt like the real deal, or even close.
And from time to time she would be told to stay away for a week, or two weeks, or a month.
The moon period was reserved exclusively for butchery in the prisons, and from time to time this was arranged for him as a reward for a successful operation in cold blood.