frequent
adjective
happening or occurring at short intervals.
unfrequently
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a word derived from
frequent.
Example Sentences
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For, Madison goes on to write: “It is not unfrequently a question of real nicety in legislative bodies, whether the operation of a particular measure will, or will not, extend beyond the legislative sphere.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
She not unfrequently stopped at the Parsonage, and had a few minutes’ conversation with Charlotte, but was scarcely ever prevailed upon to get out.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
The period of time not unfrequently extends to twenty and thirty days, and this too in the winter season, in cells warmed by no fire.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by John N. Reynolds
Men who have been jilted not unfrequently use strong language, and even threats, without anything coming of it.
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
In the intervals of our music she related the most interesting anecdotes of Beethoven, and that when she was playing to him in the evening he not unfrequently used the snuffers as a tooth-pick!
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
