Also “fairly often“. Used for things that happen less frequently than “very often”, but more frequently than “sometimes” or “occasionally”.
Moreover, can we say very often?
Often he would go for a swim, then he would come and talk to us. We can emphasise often with very or quite: I very often meet him as he’s coming out of work.
Often is a shortened version of the bigger word oftentimes and they both are adverbs that act as synonym for the word frequently. They have the same mean but often is preferred due to its shortness but often times is not the same as ‘often’ and ‘oftentimes’.
In this manner, how do you use very often?
He did not offend very often, but one never knew when he might not. And very often all I had for supper was brown bread and skim milk. Neither Cleveland nor Harrison, for temperamental reasons, used the magic wire very often. An ill-defined feeling is very often the strongest rule of conduct.
Is quite often correct?
As regards the given phrases, quite often means less frequent than very often. “Quite often” means fairly often, and is not so often as “very often”. Therefore, they do not mean the same thing, and are not interchangeable.
What does fairly often mean?
A subjective answer that something occurs relatively frequently. (
What does very often mean?
adverb. If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. They often spent Christmas together. That doesn’t happen very often. adverb.
What is the synonym of very often?
frequently. seldom, rarely, infrequently, not much, uncommonly.