unseldomadv.
not unseldom (misused for), not rarely, not infrequently. Dutch niet onzelden is similarly used.
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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.
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adv.a1657- to run into scores or in score
- to run into shot
- to run into the ground
- to run into the sand
- to run into the sand also
- to run into the sand now less commonly
- to run into the sand sands
- to run it
- to run it down
- to run it fine
- to run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it
- to run its course
- to say good night
- to say good of
- to say good to
- to say goodbye
- to say grace
- to say graces
- to say ill by
- to say ill of
- to say in a person's ear
- to say it with chocolates
- to say it with diamonds
- to say it with etc
- to say it with flowers