Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not often; rarely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Not often.
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- adverb
seldom ,rarely
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the board had been laid flat on the ground, the captive then on her back, the position, immediately, would have been recognized as a common binding position, one which girls are not unoften put for slave use.
Cinnamon Roll 2010
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As was not unoften the case it seemed to be stuck.
Cinnamon Roll 2010
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I think his true genius — his true competitive edge — is for making real mischief, in markets, for competitors, for people he dislikes and, funnily, not unoften for himself and those who sail in him.
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I think his true genius — his true competitive edge — is for making real mischief, in markets, for competitors, for people he dislikes and, funnily, not unoften for himself and those who sail in him.
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For example, poets not unoften use the walls to publish their work, so to speak.
Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988
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But even there the state not unoften utilizes trained feast slaves, rented from various establishments or, upon certain occasions, even the girls from a Ubar's own pleasure gardens.
Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988
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For example, poets not unoften use the walls to publish their work, so to speak.
Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988
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But even there the state not unoften utilizes trained feast slaves, rented from carious establishments or, upon certain occasions, even the girls from a Ubarâ ™ s own pleasure gardens. âThank you for your observation, â I said. âIt is nothing, â he said.
Magicians of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1988
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In their fall they not unoften took others with them, the some seventy feet or so, to the landing, the wall lower on the harbor side then the land side.
Renegades Of Gor Norman, John 1986
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But if eye contact is made, then there is not unoften a fight to the death.
Renegades Of Gor Norman, John 1986
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