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not very often

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 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

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"It's not very often you get to make a show of this scale with a character you grew up loving," she added.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

“It’s not very often that I agree with the governor, I mean, let’s just be honest,” Grove said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

"We have detected explosions in that same area before, but not very often, not even every year," he said.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2022

“It's not very often you get to wake up and know you're a playoff team and a lottery team at the same time,” Thibault said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

I’d win an individual round every now and then, but not very often.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge