Synonyms for oft
ɔft, ɒftoft

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1. frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimesadverb

   many times at short intervals

   "we often met over a cup of coffee"

   Synonyms:
   ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, much, often, a great deal

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1. oftadjective

   Synonyms:
   OFTEN, frequently

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1. Ramayana:

   To bad as well as good, to all, A generous man compassion shows; On earth no mortal lives, he knows, Who does not oft through weakness fall.

2. J. R. R Tolkien, Elrond from The Lord of the Rings:

   Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

3. William Shakespeare:

   Beware Of entrance to a quarrel but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy rich, not gaudy For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

4. Sophocles, Ajax:

   Men of ill judgment oft ignore the goodThat lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

5. William Shakespeare:

   Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits.