Oftentimes
['ɒf(ə)ntaɪmz;'ɒft(ə)n-] or ['ɔfntaɪmz]
Definition
(adv.) Frequently; often; many times.
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Examples
- Oftentimes very convenient, no doubt, but never pleasing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Oftentimes if you could see how terrible down I get in my mind, 'twould make 'ee quite nervous for fear I should die by my hand. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We have oftentimes the honour to entertain your gentlemen in their travelling backwards and forwards betwixt London and Paris, sir. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Oftentimes the inner walls were plastered too. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Oftentimes the brine is relieved of impurities through the action of certain chemicals. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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