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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frequent +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Cooper used the term frequently to describe Mubarak's regime.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • "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

  • "Mashallah" is a word frequently heard used between Muslims.

    Engy Abdelkader: A Few Good Muslim Men -- Honoring Those Who Honor Women Engy Abdelkader 2011

  • "Mashallah" is a word frequently heard used between Muslims.

    Engy Abdelkader: A Few Good Muslim Men -- Honoring Those Who Honor Women Engy Abdelkader 2011

  • "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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