oft

Etymology
From (also,  > Modern 🇨🇬), from , from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Adverb

 * 1)  often; frequently; not rarely
 * 2) * 1819, George Gordon Byron, John Galt (biography), The Pophecy of Dante, Canto the Fourth, 1857, The Complete Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1, page 403,
 * And how is it that they, the sons of fame, Whose inspiration seems to them to shine From high, they whom the nations oftest name, Must pass their days in penury or pain, Or step to grandeur through the paths of shame, And wear a deeper brand and gaudier chain?
 * 1) * 1902, James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, page 203,
 * The moonlight falls the softest In Kentucky; The summer days come oftest In Kentucky;
 * 1) * 1902, James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, page 203,
 * The moonlight falls the softest In Kentucky; The summer days come oftest In Kentucky;

Usage notes

 * In widespread contemporary use in combination.

Translations

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 * Georgian: ხშირად
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 * Yiddish: אַ סך מאָל

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1)  often

Etymology
From, , , from , , , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and.

Adverb

 * 1) often

Usage notes

 * The superlative is, for whatever reason, sometimes frowned upon and is predominantly replaced with in formal style. The comparative is also sometimes replaced with.

Adverb

 * 1) often

Etymology
From and.

Adverb

 * 1) often

Derived terms

 * (more often than not)

Adverb

 * 1) often

Synonyms



 * 1) often (in many cases)

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) often, oft

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) often

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) often

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) often, frequently

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) sigh