adv. [UN-1 11 b.] Infrequently; seldom (Only with negatives.)
1741. Harris, Three Treat., II. (1765), 194. The Man of Gallantry not unoften has been found to think after the same manner.
1835. Lytton, Rienzi, I. iii. Nor was it unoften that the mere presence of a noble sufficed to scatter whole crowds.
1864. J. Brown, Jeems, 15. You get more patient, and not unoften you come to a stand-still.