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Definition: Infrequently |
InfrequentlyAdverb1. Not many times; "in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "infrequently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
| Antonym: frequently (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Infrequency | Adverb: seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly; not often, not much, infrequently, unfrequently, unoften; scarcely, scarcely ever, hardly ever; once in a blue moon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Infrequently |
| English words defined with "infrequently": green olive ♦ unused to. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "infrequently": chippy user, confined space ♦ dumpster diving ♦ Effluvia, Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory ♦ Halo ♦ INK ♦ LICKSPITTLE, Lick-spittle ♦ Mycoplasma fermentans ♦ oxygen paradox ♦ permanent adjustment, Phenomena, posthypoxia paradox, pseudoxanthoma, pseudoxanthoma-elasticum ♦ Russell's paradox ♦ satyr, Streptococcus sanguis. (references) |
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Health | They may occur infrequently or many times each minute. (references) | |
Consequently, double-blind food challenges are done infrequently. (references) | ||
HPIV-4 is infrequently detected, possibly because it is less likely to cause severe disease. (references) | ||
Business | There is also a modest-sized market for long-lasting items, particularly equipment that is infrequently updated, such as chairs and lighting, for which end users are prepared to pay for quality and durability. (references) | |
Children | Jordan | Education is compulsory until the age of 16; however, no legislation exists to enforce the law or punish guardians for violating it, and children who do not attend school or attend infrequently are not considered truant. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Peru | Such requests are granted infrequently. (references) |
Haiti | It infrequently gives small sums of money to the repatriated migrants to fund their transportation home. (references) | |
Economic History | Cayman Islands | Political parties have operated infrequently in the past, and public officeholders tend to be independents. (references) |
Ireland | Duty free exemptions are available also to companies operating in Ireland's major deep-water port at Ringaskiddy in Co. Cork, although these have been used infrequently in recent years. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cameroon | Both the Cameroonian Red Cross and the NCHRF visited prisons only infrequently during the year. (references) |
Indigenous People | Panama | Since indigenous populations infrequently master Spanish and are unfamiliar with the country's legal system, they often misunderstand their rights and fail to employ legal channels when threatened. (references) |
Political Economy | BOLIVIA | In addition, the Bank has infrequently changed reserve requirements for commercial banks. (references) |
GERMANY | Due to a well-developed system of autonomous contract negotiations, mediation is used infrequently. (references) | |
Women | Estonia | Rape and attempted rape occur relatively infrequently. (references) |
Guyana | Rape, particularly of girls and young women, is a serious problem but infrequently reported or prosecuted. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Nigeria | The law sets a minimum wage, which is reviewed infrequently. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATYR, n. One of the few characters of the Grecian mythology accorded recognition in the Hebrew. (Leviticus, xvii, 7.) The satyr was at first a member of the dissolute community acknowledging a loose allegiance with Dionysius, but underwent many transformations and improvements. Not infrequently he is confounded with the faun, a later and decenter creation of the Romans, who was less like a man and more like a goat. |
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Prince Albert of Monaco | I would compare it to California. We do have snow up in the mountains above and it has snowed in Monaco, but very infrequently. |
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| "Infrequently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Infrequently" is used about 236 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 236 | 19,516 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "infrequently": not infrequently. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
infrequently | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "infrequently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrallëherë, rrallë (rarely, seldom). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рядко (rarely, seldom). (various references) | |
Chinese | 少有地. (various references) | |
Czech | zřídka (rarely, seldom). (various references) | |
German | seltene (unfrequently). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לעתים רחוקות (rarely, seldom). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ritkán (rarely, seldom), nem gyakran. (various references) | |
Korean | 드문적으로. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | infrequentlyay.(various references) | |
Russian | нечасто (rarely). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | često (frequently, not infrequently, oft, often, oftentimes). (various references) | |
Turkish | seyrek olarak (far between, few and far between, rarely). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Infrequently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: infreqently. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "infrequently" (pronounced i'nfrē"kwuntlē) |
| 10 | -f r ē" k w u n t l ē | frequently. |
| 7 | -k w u n t l ē | consequently, eloquently, subsequently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-l-n-n-q-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: frequently, infrequent. | |
-3 letters: reliquefy, unfertile. | |
-4 letters: entirely, equinely, frequent, influent, lientery, refluent, tunneler. | |
-5 letters: enquire, enquiry, fertile, flutier, flytier, funnier, funnily, inertly, innerly, interne, lenient, liquefy, neurine, queenly, queerly, quieten, quieter, quietly, quilter, relique, requite, retinue, reunify, reunite, teenful, trunnel, unfitly, uterine. | |
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