Unoften
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɒf(t)ən/ adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Not often; rarely, seldom.
"[B]evvare of Paſſion, as the moſt Capital enemy to the Crovvn and Empire of Reaſon: for thoſe Sons of Thunder […] if vve mark the Cataſtrophe of their turbulent lives vve ſhall find them concluded in a tempeſt, and not unoften like the Phœnix expire in a funerall pile themeſelves had kindled."
Example
More examples"[B]evvare of Paſſion, as the moſt Capital enemy to the Crovvn and Empire of Reaſon: for thoſe Sons of Thunder […] if vve mark the Cataſtrophe of their turbulent lives vve ſhall find them concluded in a tempeſt, and not unoften like the Phœnix expire in a funerall pile themeſelves had kindled."
Etymology
PIE word *upó From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + often.