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Often

adverb

Many times at short intervals. Synonyms: frequently, oft, oftentimes, ofttimes. Antonyms: infrequently, rarely.

Frequently or in great quantities. Synonyms: a great deal, much. "I don't travel much"

In many cases or instances.

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... myself, 'savages are apt to treat medical men with rather more respect than often do civilised people. I will pretend to be a doctor, and they will probably ...

— Mark Seaworth • William H.G. Kingston

... passed away before Jesus came. But a great many of the people who lived in Palestine were expecting Him. God had said that when Jesus came, He would be a Jew. The Jews were very proud about that. They often talked about the coming of Jesus. When they talked about Him, ...

— The Good Shepherd - A Life of Christ for Children • Anonymous

... often have company from the cottage at this time?' he inquired when he had again caught up with Wych Hazel in the ...

— The Gold of Chickaree • Susan Warner

... eagerly, laughing, and rejoicing that the wild night ride proposed by Cordula von Montfort, which had led over dark forest paths, lighted only by a stray moonbeam, and often across fields and ditches and through streams, had ended without mischance ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... rogue, no matter how clearly expressed the law against stealing. A single thief in the jury-box could defeat the ends of justice. A hundred loop-holes for escape can always be found in the provisions of a law with which the majority of the people are not in sympathy. Indeed, it often happens that such loop-holes are provided by the law-makers themselves; and this is especially true in too many of the laws made for the suppression of ...

— Grappling with the Monster • T. S. Arthur

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