adv. [UN-1 11 b.] Infrequently; seldom (Only with negatives.)

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1741.  Harris, Three Treat., II. (1765), 194. The Man of Gallantry not unoften has been found to think after the same manner.

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1835.  Lytton, Rienzi, I. iii. Nor was it unoften that the mere presence of a noble sufficed to scatter whole crowds.

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1864.  J. Brown, Jeems, 15. You get more patient,… and not unoften you come to a stand-still.

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