单词 | not unseldom |
释义 | > as lemmasnot unseldom not unseldom (misused for), not rarely, not infrequently. Dutch niet onzelden is similarly used. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [phrase] on oftsitheseOE not unseldoma1657 a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 204 It is a thing not unseldome seen. 1686 R. Parr Life J. Usher 83 Gaming..too often administred to Passion,..and not unseldom to Duelling. 1833 M. M. Sherwood Nun ii. 38 They not unseldom spent the afternoon under the cedar-trees. 1860 R. C. Trench Deficiencies Eng. Dict. 64 Johnson..quotes, not altogether unseldom.., Hacket's Life of Archbp. Williams. 1882 Athenæum 23 Sept. 401/2 A style which was generally diffuse, and not unseldom obscure. < as lemmas |
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