infrequentlyadv.
/ɪnˈfriːkwəntli/ Not frequently; somewhat rarely, seldom. Now chiefly in not infrequently = rather frequently.
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the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb]
seldom-whenc888
seldomc897
seld-whenc897
seldoma1000
seldc1000
seldom-timec1386
seld-timec1386
seld-whilea1387
seld-where1390
thinc1405
rare?1440
sendle?a1500
daintilya1513
thinlyc1545
rarely1546
once in a moon1547
out-takingly1549
seldomly1549
for once and away1583
sparingly1590
scarce1596
unfrequently1646
unoften1654
infrequently1673
once in a while1765
sporadically1765
sparselya1871
seldom-while1876
(for) once in a way1891
the world > time > frequency > [adverb]
unseldea950
oftOE
thickOE
ylomeOE
oftsithec1175
oftsithesc1175
lomec1200
oftlya1225
oft-stounds1303
continuallyc1305
oftena1325
rifely1357
oft-timesc1384
oft-timec1387
oftentimesa1393
oftentimec1395
fele-sitha1400
lightlya1400
oftentide?a1400
rifea1400
seresitha1400
many a foldc1400
often sithec1405
hauntinglyc1440
by many a foldc1450
fele-syss1489
frequently1531
feltymesc1540
oftens1567
oftenly1574
frequent1614
repeatedlya1647
(as) often as not1723
more often (or oftener) than not1723
not uncommonly1747
not infrequently1779
(at) every whip-stitch1824
oftenwhilesa1850
at short intervals1859
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. v. §64 [They] come so infrequently as if they thought it a very arbitrary matter whether they come or no.
1779 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) V. 208 Not infrequently a ray of truth pierces the Stygian gloom.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 46 With respect to stone, it very infrequently appears in Homer.
1876 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 5) ii. v. 159 Farmers not infrequently insure their crops against..hail-storms.
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