PERIODICALLY Copy link • PERIODICALLYAt stated intervals, certis temporibus or certo tempore; or by circumlocution; e.g., morbus nunc accedit, nunc recedit. In regular periods (of style), circumscripte et numerose (e.g., dicere); oratio bene cadit et volvitur (Cic., Or., 69, 229, is constructed periodically).