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oftness

oftness noun: the quality of happening often; frequency.

Noun

oftness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) The quality of happening often; frequency.
    • Often fasting which was a virtue in John's disciples could not in them of itself be a vice, and therefore not the oftness of their fasting but their hypocrisy therein was blamed.1888, Richard Hooker, John Keble, The Works, volume 2, page 411
    Synonyms:
    frequency

Synonyms of oftness

Origin of oftness

From oft + -ness.

Questions about oftness

What does oftness mean?
Oftness means the quality of happening often; frequency.
What part of speech is oftness?
Oftness is a noun.

Words near oftness in the dictionary

  1. ofter
  2. Oftersheim
  3. oftest
  4. oftimes
  5. oftmentioned
  6. oftness
  7. ofttime
  8. ofttimes
  9. oftused
  10. oftwhiles
  11. ofuda

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