- a variation of oftentimes.
ofttimes
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Otherwise, there were musicians from all around town playing, ofttimes simultaneously, in the venue’s BP Hall, Keck Amphitheater, big hall and plaza out front.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
I am equally shocked that lives are being ruined based on one person's version of events, from years and ofttimes decades earlier.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2018
John Wood and Brian Murray revel in the sometimes melancholic, ofttimes witty dialogue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rectors Parks and Stires are good friends, the former having ofttimes supported the latter for a bishopric, notably in the election which resulted in the elevation of William T. Manning.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Even our Experimental Philosophers and Physicians find, that an experiment that hits ofttimes, quite misseth afterwards on other Subjects, and they know not why. A course of effects may oft come from unknown causes.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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