Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. At frequent intervals; often.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adv. At frequent intervals.
- adv. mathematics, of a sequence for infinitely many terms of the sequence
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. many times at short intervals
Etymologies
- frequent + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The windows of a nursery ought not only to be frequently opened to let in fresh air, but should be _frequently cleaned_, to let in plenty of light and of sunshine, as nothing is so cheering and beneficial to a child as an abundance of light and sunshine!”
“Even worse, the kiss of academic death, some get called “slow learners,” a term frequently deployed to write a kid off as having “low potential.””
“Cooper used the term frequently to describe Mubarak's regime.”
“Price tag" attack is a term frequently used by radical Israeli settlers to denote reprisal attacks against Palestinians in response to moves by the Israeli government to evacuate illegal West Bank outposts.”
“Mashallah" is a word frequently heard used between Muslims.”
The Huffington Post: Engy Abdelkader: A Few Good Muslim Men -- Honoring Those Who Honor Women
“Perry Sherlund also discovered "Snowpocalypse" - the name frequently used to described the heavy snowstorm of December 18-19, 2009 - made the list.”
The Washington Post: Snowmageddon makes "new words and slang" list
“He deconstructs one particular account which has the crowd saying, "His blood be on us and on our children" — a phrase frequently cited as evidence of the collective guilt Jews bore and the curse that they carried as a result.”
“The fact that the Frankfurt School mounted a strong critique of positivism is quite well known, in part because of the so-called “Positivismusstreit” of the 1960s, and Horkheimer also uses the term frequently, especially in his later works.”
“I presume he uses the term frequently enough that his loyal viewers won't become confused and angrily picket next year's ESPY awards.”
“I had seen the term frequently, but I could not pin it down, nor could I fairly identify a list of books that fit the bill.”
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exemplifying
above all, chiefly, with attention to, especially, particularly, singularly, primacy, primarily, for instance, in particular, markedly, namely, and 42 more...
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triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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