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Definition of More often than not
1. Adverb. Usually; as a rule. "By and large it doesn't rain much here"
Definition of More often than not
1. Adverb. usually; more than half the time; more likely to happen than not to happen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of More Often Than Not
Literary usage of More often than not
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"—"All must agree, I think, that 'Bedding' is used more often than not as describing
something which does not include a Bedstead" (per ..."
2. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"If I may generalise from my own experience, we more often than not get up without
any struggle or decision at all. We suddenly find that we have got up. ..."
3. The Blight of Insubordination: The Lascar Question and Rights and Wrongs of by W H Hood (1903)
"... among themselves it can be traced more often than not to their immediate
private affairs, and, although it may be bubble and squeak as a rule, ..."
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