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infrequently, adv.|ɪnˈfriːkwəntlɪ|
[in-3.]
Not frequently; somewhat rarely, seldom. Now chiefly in not infrequently = rather frequently.
1673Lady's Calling i. v. §64 [They] come so infrequently as if they thought it a very arbitrary matter whether they come or no. 1779Wilkes Corr. (1805) V. 208 Not infrequently a ray of truth pierces the Stygian gloom. 1876Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 46 With respect to stone, it very infrequently appears in Homer. 1876Fawcett Pol. Econ. ii. v. (ed. 5) 159 Farmers not infrequently insure their crops against..hail-storms. |