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infrequently

/ˌɪnˈfɹikwəntɫi/ adv

Not frequently.

Word Origin From Latin frequens 'crowded, repeated' — frequent originally meant happening often, like a crowded event. The negative in- gives infrequent, and -ly makes it an adverb. The root frequens is of uncertain origin, but it gives us frequency, frequentative (a verb form for repeated action), and the rare infrequency.

adv Not frequently.

She visits her hometown infrequently, usually only during major holidays.

(副词) 不常；很少；偶尔

她很少回故乡，通常只在重大节日期间回去。

(adverbio) raramente; rara vez; con poca frecuencia; esporádicamente; poco frecuentemente [Con poca frecuencia; no frecuentemente.]

Visita su ciudad natal con poca frecuencia, generalmente solo durante las principales festividades.

(adverbe) rarement; peu fréquemment; de loin en loin [De manière peu fréquente, rare.]

Elle ne retourne dans sa ville natale que rarement, en général lors des grandes fêtes.

(Adverb) selten; sporadisch [Nicht oft; selten vorkommend oder stattfindend.]

Sie besucht ihre Heimatstadt nur **infrequently**, meist nur zu den großen Feiertagen.

(副詞) 頻繁には、めったに〜ない。

彼女は故郷を頻繁には訪れず、年に数回、主な祝日にだけ帰る。

(advérbio) raramente; pouco frequentemente; infrequentemente [Raramente; com pouca frequência; infrequentemente.]

Ela visita sua cidade natal raramente, geralmente apenas durante grandes feriados.

Synonyms: rarely seldom occasionally sporadically once in a while not often uncommonly hardly ever Antonyms: frequently often commonly regularly
Word parts: in + frequent + ly

Common collocations

not adv very adv occur verb only adv by prep use verb relatively adv meet verb too adv find verb visit verb happen verb

Related words

frequently infrequency frequency

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