Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Frequently; repeatedly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ofttimes; frequently; many times; often.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Frequently; often; many times.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Frequently - adverb
Repeatedly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb many times at short intervals
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Examples
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We've got a tradition in this country of a press that oftentimes is opinionated.
Obama: Fox News Has A Point Of View That 'Is Ultimately Destructive' For America The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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So not only are we going after terror-sponsoring states, we've also worked aggressively to take down the financial networks that support them, to take away their logistical support, which oftentimes is found buried in otherwise legitimate organizations, non-governmental and charitable organizations.
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Then when you talk about diabetes, though, it oftentimes translates into being at risk for heart attack and stroke.
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Indeed our history teaches us that just appointing by label oftentimes surprises more than anything else.
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My logical brain oftentimes has a hard time accepting that, thus such contrivances (which suit the author in the storytelling but not me with immersion) tend to break the mood.
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And any number of them were in Northwest Washington, which oftentimes translates to near Rock Creek Park.
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She had no conception of any destiny for a girl but that of marriage, and never tired of asking about "American girls," whom I described as oftentimes living and dying unmarried.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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And first, the meaning of a word oftentimes is gradually narrowed.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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He oftentimes is so absurd and insensible of kindnesses done him that he renders evil for good.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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A man that truly inspired countless Americans to remember that life is not only fragile but oftentimes is short
The Ripple Effect 2008
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