- 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
A Harley Street physician or surgeon always comports himself decorously, properly, ofttimes pompously.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was, after all, a tireless, ofttimes abrasive advocate of Jewish settlement in Arab territory and a ruthless fighter against terrorism in the Gaza Strip between 1970 and 1972.
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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