adverb
sometimes; occasionally; from time to time
Adverb meaning 'sometimes' or 'occasionally'. Often used in casual speech. Can imply irregular intervals.
寄り寄り彼は遅刻する。
He is sometimes late.
寄り寄り昔の友達に会いたくなる。
I sometimes feel like seeing old friends.
Both mean 'sometimes', but 時々 is more common and neutral. 寄り寄り is less frequent and may carry a slightly more casual or colloquial tone.
Reduplication of 寄る (yoru, 'to approach, to drop by'), suggesting the idea of 'approaching' or 'happening' at intervals. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.