oftness

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noun

The quality of happening often; frequency.

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frequency
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Meanings

nounoftness (uncountable)
  1. archaicrareuncountableThe quality of happening often; frequency.

    Often fasting which was a virtue in John's disciples could not in them of itself be a vice, and therefore not the oftness of their fasting but their hypocrisy therein was blamed.

    1888, Richard Hooker, John Keble, The Works, volume 2, page 411

    Synonyms: frequency

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of happening often; frequency.

Similar
frequency
Also see
commonness

Origin

From oft + -ness.

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APA

oftness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oftness

MLA

“oftness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oftness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oftness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oftness.

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