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not often

ADVERB
from time to time
Synonyms
WEAK
ever so often every now and then every once in a while infrequently now and again occasionally once and again once in a while periodically sometimes sporadically
ADVERB
hardly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barely comparatively practically rarely seldom simply somewhat
STRONG
just
WEAK
almost inconceivably almost not by a hair by no means detectably faintly gradually imperceptibly infrequently little no more than no way not a bit not at all not by much not likely not markedly not measurably not much not notably not noticeably not quite once in a blue moon only only just perceptibly pretty near scantly slightly sparsely sporadically with trouble
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frequently
WEAK
very
ADVERB
little
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a little barely hardly rarely seldom
WEAK
hardly ever not many not quite only just scarcely somewhat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frequently
WEAK
more much
ADVERB
now and then
Synonyms
STRONGEST
every now and then every so often infrequently intermittently now and again occasionally periodically sporadically
WEAK
at intervals at times every once in a while from time to time hardly irregularly off and on on occasion once and again once in a blue moon once in a while once or twice sometimes
ADVERB
off-and-on
Synonyms
WEAK
alternately at irregular intervals fluctuating hardly infrequently intermittent irregularly on and off scarcely sometimes sporadically vacillating variable very seldom when the mood strikes
ADVERB
on and off
Synonyms
WEAK
alternately at irregular intervals fluctuating inconstantly infrequently intermittently irregularly now and then off and on sometimes sporadically uncertainly variable very seldom when the mood strikes
ADVERB
seldom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a few times hardly occasionally rarely scarcely sometimes sporadically
WEAK
every now and then from time to time hardly ever in a few cases inhabitually irregularly little not very often on and off once in a blue moon once in a while scarcely ever semioccasionally uncommonly unoften unusually whimsically
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frequently regularly
WEAK
often usually
ADVERB
uncommonly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exceptionally extremely remarkably strangely unusually
WEAK
extra hardly ever in few instances irregularly now and then occasionally oddly on occasion particularly peculiarly rarely scarcely ever seldom sporadically very
Antonyms
STRONGEST
normally usually
WEAK
commonly frequently

Example Sentences

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The most painful part of waiting is not often not the delay itself, but the deafening silence as you sit looking at the clock ticking by.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

It's not often a thousand-word social media post from a US tech firm goes viral.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“This case was unusual — it’s not often we see someone end up as a John Doe twice,” project team leader Traci Onders said in the release.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Life is already highly digitised in China, which explains the broad uptake of high-tech healthcare, said LINTRIS' Wang, with data and privacy not often cited as a concern.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

For, much as actors specialize in pretending to be that which they are not, often with the use of clever disguises, noses made of putty and inscrutable accents, this parrot, too, was pretending.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood