oftentimes
Frequently; often.
Adverb
- Frequently; often.
- 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 […] - 1804, Robert...
- Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric. - 1967, Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American...
- 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. - 2023...
Origin
Inherited from the Middle English oftentymes; equivalent to oftentime + -s. Compare oftentime.