Meanings
- datedsuperlativesuperlative form of often: most often
1930, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Invincible,Chapter 8, The Treachery of Abu Batn, Each hour La learned new words, all nouns at first, that described each familiar object that appeared oftenest to their view.
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Brother Samson Subsacrista, one remarks, is ready oftenest with some question, some suggestion, that has wisdom in it.
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 8, The Electon”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)
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