FREQUENTLY

frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes

(adverb) many times at short intervals; “we often met over a cup of coffee”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

frequently (comparative more frequently, superlative most frequently)

At frequent intervals.

(mathematics, of a sequence) For infinitely many terms of the sequence.

Synonyms

• as often as not, often, oftenly, oftentimes, occasionally

Source: Wiktionary


Fre*quent*ly, adv.

Definition: At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.

FREQUENT

Fre"quent, a. Etym: [L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fréquent. Cf. Farce, n.]

1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." Byron.

2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent. He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Swift.

3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.] 'T is Cæsar's will to have a frequent senate. B. Jonson.

4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.] 'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci. Massinger.

Fre*quent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frequented; p. pr. & vb. n. Frequenting.] Etym: [L. frequentare: cf. F. fréquenter. See Frequent, a.]

1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. He frequented the court of Augustus. Dryden.

2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.] With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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