frequently

English

Etymology

From frequent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiː.kwənt.li/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

frequently (comparative more frequently, superlative most frequently)

1. At frequent intervals.

   This question arises frequently.

   He was enrolled but frequently didn't attend class.

   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.

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

Synonyms

• often, oftenly, oftentimes, see Thesaurus:often

Antonyms

• infrequently
• occasionally
• rarely

Translations

at frequent intervals

• Armenian: հաճախ (hy) (hačax), հաճախակի (hy) (hačaxaki)
• Bashkir: йыш (yış)
• Bulgarian: често (bg) (često)
• Catalan: freqüentment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頻繁／频繁 (zh) (pínfán)

• Dutch: veelvuldig (nl), vaak (nl)
• Estonian: sageli (et), sagedasti
• Finnish: usein (fi)
• French: fréquemment (fr)
• Galician: frecuentemente (gl), a miúdo
• Georgian: ხშირად (xširad)
• German: häufig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: συχνῶς (sukhnôs)

• Hungarian: gyakran (hu), nemritkán (hu)
• Ido: freque (io)
• Ingrian: tihtii
• Interlingua: frequentemente
• Irish: go minic
• Italian: frequentemente (it), spesso (it), continuamente (it)
• Japanese: しばしば (ja) (shibashiba), しょっちゅう (ja) (shocchū), 頻繁に (ja) (himpan ni)
• Latin: frequenter, saepe (la), crēbriter
• Macedonian: често (često)
• Malayalam: ആവർത്തിച്ച് (āvaṟtticcŭ)
• Polish: często (pl)
• Portuguese: frequentemente (pt), vira e mexe (pt), amiúde (pt)
• Romanian: în mod frecvent, frecvent (ro), deseori (ro)
• Russian: ча́сто (ru) (částo)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: cesto

• Spanish: frecuentemente (es)
• Swedish: ofta (sv)
• Turkish: düzenli olarak
• Ukrainian: часто (uk) (často)

See also

• eventually
• Thesaurus:frequency