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Definition of Ofttimes

1. Adverb. Many times at short intervals. "We often met over a cup of coffee"

Definition of Ofttimes

1. adv. Frequently; often.

Definition of Ofttimes

1. Adverb. often; frequently ¹

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Definition of Ofttimes

1. often [adv] - See also: often

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ofttimes

Literary usage of Ofttimes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Apostles' creed, Edward Burton (1847)
"fact ofttimes after death exposed to the ignominy of a gibbet; and those who (<) being dead were so hanged on a tree, were accursed by the Law. ..."

2. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Walter Raleigh, William Oldys, Thomas Birch (1829)
"... families of kings, but rather successions of regents, ofttimes many under one king. THE short continuance of the dynasties doth shew that they were not ..."

3. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns by Charles Seymour Robinson (1893)
"... among them the one quoted here, which is used extensively. 5 My love is ofttimes low, My joy still ebbs and Rows ; Bnt peace with him remains the same, ..."

4. Woman Free by Ellis Ethelmer (1893)
"... The guileless share its penalty of pain,— And man's worst misery ofttimes is brought By trespass he himself nor did nor thought ; Austere the fiat, ..."

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