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unˈseldom, adv. [un-1 11 b. Cf. prec.] not unseldom (misused for), not rarely, not infrequently. Du. niet onzelden is similarly used.
1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 204 It is a thing not unseldome seen. 1686Parr Life of Usher 83 Gaming..too often administred to Passion,..and not unseldom to Duelling. a1836Mrs. Sherwood Nun ii, They not unseldom spent the afternoon under the cedar-trees. 1860Trench Deficiencies Eng. Dict. 64 Johnson..quotes, not altogether unseldom.., Hacket's Life of Archbp. Williams. 1882Athenæum 23 Sept. 401/2 A style which was generally diffuse, and not unseldom obscure. |