Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for a few times. Search instead for aufmerksames.

a few times

ADVERB
seldom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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 often 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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This has happened a few times since the war began almost six weeks ago.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

You've mentioned scoring goals a few times during this chat!

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Calder says that he tried to rebook at the given link a few times but that it wouldn’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The patient’s sister-in-law told them a nurse practitioner “came to the home a few times to treat J.L.’s flesh infection and “did not treat the open wounds often because they were too infected.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Anya blinked a few times, certain he wasn’t talking about her house.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "a few times" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com