adjective
- occurring or appearing occasionally; infrequent; rare.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or literary
adverb
- occasionally; now and then; once in a while.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or literary
Examples
- A daimen visitor would call at the cottage during the long winter months.
- He daimen attended the meetings, preferring to work alone.
- The daimen appearance of the comet made it all the more remarkable.
- She daimen ventured into town, content with her rural life.
- Daimen showers fell throughout the dry season.
- The old house received daimen guests from the neighboring village.