Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb At frequent intervals; often.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Populously; in a crowded manner.
- Often; many times; at short intervals.
- Synonyms See
often .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb At
frequent intervals . - adverb mathematics, of a sequence for infinitely many terms of the sequence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb many times at short intervals
Etymologies
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Examples
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The windows of a nursery ought not only to be frequently opened to let in fresh air, but should be _frequently cleaned_, to let in plenty of light and of sunshine, as nothing is so cheering and beneficial to a child as an abundance of light and sunshine!
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Pye Henry Chavasse 1844
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Even worse, the kiss of academic death, some get called “slow learners,” a term frequently deployed to write a kid off as having “low potential.”
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Even worse, the kiss of academic death, some get called “slow learners,” a term frequently deployed to write a kid off as having “low potential.”
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Even worse, the kiss of academic death, some get called “slow learners,” a term frequently deployed to write a kid off as having “low potential.”
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Even worse, the kiss of academic death, some get called “slow learners,” a term frequently deployed to write a kid off as having “low potential.”
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Cooper used the term frequently to describe Mubarak's regime.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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"Price tag" attack is a term frequently used by radical Israeli settlers to denote reprisal attacks against Palestinians in response to moves by the Israeli government to evacuate illegal West Bank outposts.
CNN.com 2011
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"Mashallah" is a word frequently heard used between Muslims.
Engy Abdelkader: A Few Good Muslim Men -- Honoring Those Who Honor Women Engy Abdelkader 2011
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"Mashallah" is a word frequently heard used between Muslims.
Engy Abdelkader: A Few Good Muslim Men -- Honoring Those Who Honor Women Engy Abdelkader 2011
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"Mashallah" is a word frequently heard used between Muslims.
Engy Abdelkader: A Few Good Muslim Men -- Honoring Those Who Honor Women Engy Abdelkader 2011
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