oftentimes

Adverb
US[aw-fuhn-tahymz]/ˈɔfənˌtaɪmz/3 syllablesalso [awf-tuhn-tahymz] /ˈɔftənˌtaɪmz/
Synonyms: frequentlyoftenoftofttimes

Open English WordNet

Adverb (1)

  1. many times at short intervals“we often met over a cup of coffee”Synonyms: frequentlyoftenoftofttimesOpposite rarely
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Of′ten·times′ adverb

Origin: Often + time. Cf. -wards.

Frequently; often; many times. William Wordsworth

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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