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frequently

[free-kwuhnt-lee]

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adverb

often; many times; at short intervals.

Origin:
1525–35; frequent + -ly

Synonyms
repeatedly. See often.

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Harper and others who choose to move frequently are likely to be risk takers, psychologists say.

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit.

European coalition governments are frequently born late and fragile.

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Harper and others who choose to move frequently are likely to be risk takers, psychologists say.

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit.

European coalition governments are frequently born late and fragile.

Even after it leaves the pouch, the young animal will frequently crawl back in to nurse or to escape danger.

Bacteria swap genes with their neighbors more frequently than researchers have realized.

He operates in a variety of mediums, from sculpture to painting, and frequently incorporates found objects into his work.

To keep plants tidy and free blooming, prune and remove dead flower stems frequently.

Those in colder climates frequently have to risk freezing themselves to warm up their cars.

Research suggests that fund managers who trade more frequently earn, on average, lower returns.

The polar regions are frequently neglected in discussions of the environment, but they shouldn't be.

As science has long demonstrated, eyewitness accounts are frequently riddled with errors.

People with autism frequently lack empathy, have poor social graces and are generally socially impaired.

Most frequently planted bauhini more add to my plant list.

Comcast customers who frequently log in to their online accounts have already chosen theirs.

Initially they found that beekeepers who frequently moved their hives were more likely to be afflicted.

Manatees can't hear the low sounds of boat engines, which is why the animals are frequently injured, a researcher says.

They saw that the cells frequently engulfed the tubes-almost always tip-first.

They interacted frequently and often preened their partners.

They're a lifesaver for gardeners who travel frequently.

Math frequently features in my dreams, and never in a good way.

But when they take part in the complex reactions involved in living systems, they frequently have different effects.

Webster said he is asked to identify beached blobs quite frequently.

Fossils in the tropics are frequently found in caves, though.

Wordle is an application that takes text from any source and enlarges words that appear more frequently.

Young leaves, flowers, and unripe seedpods have a peppery flavor and are frequently used in salads add to my plant list.

Other nations' intelligence services frequently penetrate our networks.

Only a teacher who is frequently being misunderstood by students should be sent to mandatory training.

Tune up your car and check tire pressure frequently.

So the researchers propose smoothing shorter segments at a time, or doing it less frequently.

After reviewing the contest rules and list of frequently asked questions, you will be fully prepared to enter the contest.

Water deeply at planting time, then frequently thereafter until they are established.

He was frequently seen sporting a nice turtleneck sweater or a simple dress shirt and jacket.

Like many private-equity firms, which frequently shuffle their portfolios, companies that buy and sell a lot tend to shine too.

But research says the instruments are frequently ineffective for those purposes.

And leopards frequently muscle dead prey twice their own weight up trees to stash them in the branches.

Mist plants frequently to increase humidity and reduce stress.

One market opportunity, however, frequently creates another.

The result was a disaster for employees, who were frequently not paid or paid in goods, not rubles.

Oatmeal cookies and blueberry pies would frequently end up in front of me.

Frequently used next to buildings, though a little wispy for such use.

Despite this, he is frequently called the best central banker ever.

Transmission is easy, because devils frequently bite one another on the mouth during mating or while fighting for territory.

Big swells and freak waves are washing over the island more frequently.

It can be fierce: not for nothing does the word feral so frequently crop up.

In the absence of attacks, many organisms learn to ignore stimuli that are constant or occur frequently.

The lack of commercial orientation frequently means that too many employees throughout the company are unproductive.

They are notoriously cold, frequently rodent-ridden and amplify every snore.

Grand designs that posit synergies to be gained from combining disparate businesses frequently fail.

Congressional leaders, who have disappointed frequently this year, have done it again.

But to is frequently used in this context and is not incorrect.

It bickered frequently with the bank and the oil firms about the terms of the deal.

Research confirms that women tend to apologize much more frequently than men do, but there's a curious twist as to why.

The decade of wandering that frequently occurs between adolescence and adulthood is a sensible response to modern conditions.

While growing up, my father frequently told me that the cream always rises to the top.

Proud government ministers frequently refer to the increase.

Nelson, a wealthy land owner, has frequently forbidden.

The species is frequently used in stir-fries and is often added to soups.

It is frequently confused with the channel cat-the difference is in the number of spines in its.

He presents the following clarification to this frequently asked.

Woody and her family moved frequently for her father's work on water tunnels and big construction projects.

The employee may frequently move to interact with fellow employees and/or clients.

Before chemotherapy, before radiation, the knife is frequently the oncologist's first line of.

Because the prairie dog defense system is so good, predators frequently fail and must look elsewhere for dinner.

And no cookie is judged more closely and more frequently than the chocolate chip.

We camp frequently and that involves plenty of hiking, wading through water,.

Before you interview for a job, go to the school website and info such as the salary range is frequently listed.

Iron, for instance, is frequently galvanised with zinc.

During these encounters, which may last from minutes to an hour, the squirrel frequently bushes and wags its tail.

Apple frequently uses games to show off the computing power of its mobile.

It could get annoying if you were using both of them frequently at those times.

These notes have the advantage of being frequently exchanged but having a high enough value to cover the costs of counterfeiting.

Young children may frequently become ill but rarely die, for example.

As a child, my brother would frequently challenge me to a game he called punch-for-punch.

Her work has frequently tested the boundaries between architecture and art-a tension that she cultivates.

The bigger the container, the less frequently you'll have to water in hot weather, and the more room roots have to run.

Investors frequently reap nothing but frustration when they seek to restrain the financial aspirations of corporate bosses.

With so little water, basic hygiene is frequently compromised.

Network operators frequently try to solve the challenge by increasing resources, but that strategy is often insufficient.

Rockman frequently consults with scientists and researchers before he begins his work.

And the software that's on the devices that are controlled by the remote is frequently terrible.

Habitat loss or a change in land use are frequently to blame.

Frequently their first target: the sailor at the ship's wheel.

And when the women pre-select their dates, they say yes more frequently.

Gardeners frequently treat an area only as wide as the shrub's above-ground spread, but roots often reach much farther than that.

Dreams increasingly become more violent and frequently involve episodes in which an attacker must be fought off.

Meanwhile, nearly half a million names on the list are frequently matched.

The red-faced monkeys frequently utter what researchers have dubbed coo calls to maintain vocal contact with one another.

Stressed people frequently do not have the energy to cook meals from scratch and will be too tired to get enough exercise.

Monroe frequently wore opera-length gloves for both on-screen roles and public appearances.

Clip early and frequently to encourage low, dense branching.

Hours after the blackout began cellular calls began connecting more frequently.

By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote.

Environmentalists frequently proffer the potential mother lode of curatives as a key reason for protecting the rain forests.

Weston frequently fails to provide these essentials of good therapy.

Snoops seeking access to someone's webmail can frequently get in simply by studying their target from afar.

Participants were asked to rate how frequently they engaged in cognitively stimulating activities.

Captive pythons frequently escape or are released by their owners.

Researchers frequently discover exoplanets by searching for regular variations in the color of a star's light.

Astronomy is one of the few scientific fields where amateur scientists can, and frequently do, make significant contributions.

Frequently they fall prey to the halo effect: overvaluing certain attributes while undervaluing others.

Animals that can no longer earn their keep are frequently abandoned, mistreated, and starved.

The brain identifies flavor by measuring how frequently the different neurons fire.

The more frequently an ad runs, the more money the agency makes.

Critics of electric cars frequently argue that their viability depends on government subsidies.

In the wild, polar bears frequently give birth to more than one cub at a time, although triplets are far less common than twins.

Black bears will frequently destroy cameras that trigger a flash at night.

Science tells us that girls frequently develop breasts before they are seventeen.

The frequently heard charge, that his stuff is morbid and joyless, is altogether wide of the mark.

Males engage in vicious battles during mating season that frequently end in the loser's death.

People with dyslexia frequently prefer thinking in narrative form, a proclivity that makes them natural.

Today, he continues to advise the military and frequently writes on national security issues.

Asda needs to deliver goods at different temperatures over short distances a lot more frequently than it is used.

As they have noticed, political boundaries are frequently created from the physical boundaries that already exist.

Churches today frequently ask congregants to greet the people next to them at the end of the service.

It will auto-update more frequently than any of the other versions available to developers.

Their loyalty to their silo frequently blinded them to the wider interests of the company as a whole.

Potential patients are frequently isolated-from their children, colleagues and others-for fear that they may spread the disease.

His art is often conceptual, brainy, and frequently geometrical or even mathematical.

Acting on other warming agents will frequently be a more straightforward matter of adapting existing tools.

After a cold night in the spring, the cold surface water would frequently refreeze.

Also, the app seems to crash fairly frequently if you try to do things too quickly.

They are also a strong influence on perceptions of inflation, because consumers encounter them so frequently.

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World English Dictionary

frequent

—*adj*
1.	recurring at short intervals
2.	constant or habitual

—vb
3.	(tr) to visit repeatedly or habitually

[C16: from Latin frequēns numerous; perhaps related to Latin farcīre to stuff]

fre'quentable

—*adj*

fre'quenter

—n

'frequently

—*adv*

'frequentness

—n

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Word Origin & History

frequently

1530s, from frequent + -ly (2).

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