Usually means: Occasionally, not very frequently happening.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. every once in a while: Merriam-Webster
  2. every once in a while: Wiktionary
  3. every once in a while: Dictionary.com
  4. Every Once in a While: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  6. every once in a while: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. every once in a while: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. every once in a while: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. every once in a while: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (every once in a while)

adverb:  Synonym of once in a while

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