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Infrequently

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in·fre·quent  (n-frkwnt)
adj.
1. Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare: an infrequent guest.
2. Situated or placed at rather wide intervals, as in time or space: infrequent oases in the desert.
in·frequence, in·frequen·cy n.
in·frequent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.infrequently - not many times; "in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room"
frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes - many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee"
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The sad thoughts with which this incident naturally left me were at length and suddenly dispersed, as sad thoughts not infrequently are, by a petticoat.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Accordingly, whereas we not infrequently have ideas or notions in which some falsity is contained, this can only be the case with such as are to some extent confused and obscure, and in this proceed from nothing (participate of negation), that is, exist in us thus confused because we are not wholly perfect.
Reason For Discourse by Descartes, Rene View in context
It is true I knew him more intimately than most: I met him first before ever he became a painter, and I saw him not infrequently during the difficult years he spent in Paris; but I do not suppose I should ever have set down my recollections if the hazards of the war had not taken me to Tahiti.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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