unfrequentlyadv.
(un- prefix1 5 Usually with preceding negative.)
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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
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 7 They like Judas desire death, and not unfrequently pursue it. View more context for this quotation
1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. v.196 A Writer's Reputation..[is] not unfrequently so [prejudiced] by those, that mention him with an Encomium.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 397 Systematic philosophy..is not unfrequently involved in difficulty.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) iv. 35 Flowers white, unfrequently pink.
1893 Law Times 95 56/1 Negotiations..not unfrequently fall through on some point of disagreement.
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