Almost never
Occasionally and almost never are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occasionally" instead an adverb phrase "Almost never".
Occasionally
Occasionally adverb - On some occasions.
Almost never and occasionally are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Almost never" instead an adverb "Occasionally".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- uncommonly and almost never
- uncommonly and occasionally
- little and almost never
- little and occasionally
- hardly and almost never
- hardly and occasionally
- seldom and almost never
- seldom and occasionally
- rarely and almost never
- rarely and occasionally
- infrequently and almost never
- infrequently and occasionally
- unusually and almost never
- unusually and occasionally
Both terms in one sentence
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Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls is almost never seen without a colorful headband of some sort, though occasionally she'll wear a bow or a flower instead.
Source: Hair Decorations - Lakeside and Sawmill will occasionally see some play, but Badlands, Viaduct, and Kong King are almost never played on.
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He almost never reduces himself to petty espionage, however, though he has occasionally taken human forms to better manipulate others or move about freely in society.
Source: Comic Book / Apocalypse
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