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語源

Inherited from 中期英語 oftentymes. By surface analysis, oftentime +‎ -s. Compare oftentime.

Compare also German oftmals, Middle French souventesfois.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɒf.ənˌtaɪmz/, /ˈɒf.tənˌtaɪmz/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, /ˈɔf.tənˌtaɪmz/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑf.ənˌtaɪmz/, /ˈɑf.tənˌtaɪmz/

副詞

oftentimes (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US, elsewhere archaic) Frequently; often.
   • 1804, Robert Wissett, On the Cultivation and Preparation of Hemp:

     But because this is oftentimes dangerous, and much hurt hath been received thereby through casualty of fire, I advise the sticking four stakes into the earth, at least five feet above the ground […]

   • 1967, Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change, page 195:

     Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.

   • 2023 January 10, Whitney Eulich, America Armenta, “Mexico arrests son of ‘El Chapo’: Why don’t citizens feel safer?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Over the past decade, the very nature of organized crime has changed, with many groups diversifying their income beyond drug trafficking, and large cartels splintering into smaller, oftentimes more nimble groups.

同意語

• oftentime
• ofttimes
• oftwhiles
• See Thesaurus:often

参照

• “oftentimes, adv.” in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, March 2004)