Infrequently

//ɪnˈfɹiːkwənt.li// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Not frequently.

    "“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads."

Adverb
  1. 1
    not many times wordnet

Synonyms

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seldomat infrequent intervalsat intervalsbrokenlyby catchesby fits

Example

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"I infrequently purchase fast food, but I'm not proud of it."

Etymology

From infrequent + -ly or in- + frequently.

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