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periodically

periodically adverb: in a manner that is regular or periodic.

Adverb

periodically (not comparable)

  1. In a manner that is regular or periodic.
    • Put two encasings on a mattress if one must be removed periodically for cleaning.2008, Jeffrey C. May, Connie L. May, Jeff May’s Healthy Home Tips, page 124
  2. intermittently or recurrently.
    • The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on university administrators to rein in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have erupted periodically on college campuses across the country over the past year and led to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators.2025 March 10, Karina Tsui, Elizabeth Wolfe, “Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025

periodically meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

periodically in Tamil

காலமுறை தோறும், காலமுறைதோறும்

periodically in Arabic

in a regular, periodic manner
بِشَكْل دَوْرِيّ bi-šakl dawriyy

periodically in Vietnamese

in a regular, periodic manner
tuần hoàn, định kỳ

Examples of periodically in a sentence

  • The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.
  • The silty river needed its channel dredged periodically to remain navigable.
  • They spot check the rooms periodically for problems.

All 40 example sentences with periodically

Synonyms of periodically

Origin of periodically

From periodic + -ally.

Words formed from periodically

Questions about periodically

What does periodically mean?
Periodically means in a manner that is regular or periodic.
What is periodically in Tamil?
Periodically in Tamil is காலமுறை தோறும், காலமுறைதோறும். See Periodically meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is periodically?
Periodically is an adverb.

Words near periodically in the dictionary

  1. periodicalists
  2. periodicalize
  3. periodicalized
  4. periodicalizes
  5. periodicalizing
  6. periodically
  7. periodicalness
  8. periodicals
  9. periodicities
  10. periodicity
  11. periodicize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: periodically (page history and authors); periodically (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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