repeatedlyadv.
/rᵻˈpiːtᵻdli/, U.S. /rəˈpidᵻdli/, /riˈpidᵻdli/ More than once, again and again; frequently.
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the world > time > frequency > [adverb]
unseldea950
oftOE
thickOE
ylomeOE
oftsithec1175
oftsithesc1175
lomec1200
oftlya1225
oft-stounds1303
continuallyc1305
oftena1325
rifely1357
oft-timesc1384
oft-timec1387
oftentimesa1393
oftentimec1395
fele-sitha1400
lightlya1400
oftentide?a1400
rifea1400
seresitha1400
many a foldc1400
often sithec1405
hauntinglyc1440
by many a foldc1450
fele-syss1489
frequently1531
feltymesc1540
oftens1567
oftenly1574
frequent1614
repeatedlya1647
(as) often as not1723
more often (or oftener) than not1723
not uncommonly1747
not infrequently1779
(at) every whip-stitch1824
oftenwhilesa1850
at short intervals1859
the world > action or operation > repeating > [adverb]
reiteratively1619
repeatedlya1647
iterately1658
reiteratedly1660
renewedly1741
reiterately1794
repetitiously1828
iteratively1844
repetitively1872
the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > repeatedly
day and nightOE
morning, noon, and nightc1325
new and newa1425
time after time?a1425
over and overa1470
toties quoties1525
again and again1533
reiteratively1619
over and over again1637
repeatedlya1647
times without number1658
to and again1659
—— in, —— out1815
time and time again1821
day in (and) day out1824
recurringly1828
repetitiously1828
recurrently1841
repetitively1872
ever and again1880
recursively1901
twenty-four hours a day1914
serially1978
a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: First 8 Bks. (1656) sig. D Truly we need not wonder that God set his heart and thoughts awork much, and so repeatedly about this Subject.
1699 J. Wyeth Anguis Flagellatus xvii. 429 That Bugg's Charges upon us, and Quotations from our Books, have been repeatedly Answer'd, not one Word.
a1732 W. Stephens Serm. Several Subj. (1737) I. iv. 95 Are not those Vices, which lead us into Damnation, repeatedly, and in the most forcible manner caution'd against?
1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. before Govenors London Infirmary 19 These Persons ought repeatedly to be told, how highly blamable they are.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 221 The assurances of..relief, which were repeatedly transmitted from the court of Ravenna.
1802 C. Smith Let. 9 Mar. (2003) 408 Debts for her deceased Brother which Charlotte has repeatedly promised to pay.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xiii. 254 Ralegh..was repeatedly consulted about Irish affairs.
1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xxvi. 524 On our way to Sidon we repeatedly encountered unknown ruins.
1907 G. M. Norman Systematic Pract. Org. Chem. ii. i. 49 (heading) Heat for half an hour on the sand-bath to 120°, shaking the flask repeatedly.
1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 115 I have repeatedly asserted that tigers have no sense of smell, and the cubs were providing me with ample proof of that assertion.
2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 681 He wasn't so good at telling stories about his childhood, and the same ones tended to come up repeatedly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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