frequency

Roget category 136

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.3. Recurrent time

#136. Frequency

noun

frequency, oftness^†, oftenness^†, commonness — repetition etc. 104 — normality etc. 80 — example (conformity) 82 — routine, custom (habit) 613.
regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision — punctuality etc. (exactness) 494 — even tenor — system — routine etc. (custom) 613 — formula — rule etc. (form regulation) 697 — keynote, standard, model — precedent etc. (prototype) 22 — conformity etc. 82.

verb

recur etc. 104 — do nothing but — keep, keep on.

adjective

frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming^†, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick — uniform — repeated etc. 104 — customary etc. 613 (habit) 613 — regular (normal) 80 — according to rule etc. (conformable) 82.
common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar.
old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial.

adverb

often, oft — ofttimes^†, oftentimes — frequently — repeatedly etc. 104 — unseldom^†, not unfrequently^† — in quick succession, in rapid succession — many a time and oft — daily, hourly &c. — every day, every hour, every moment &c., perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit) 613.
most often — commonly etc. (habitually) 613.
sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties [Lat.], often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.

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