Get to know Oftener better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning.
Oftener meaning
comparative form of often: more often
Using Oftener
- The main meaning on this page is: comparative form of often: more often
- In the example corpus, oftener often appears in combinations such as: oftener than.
Context around Oftener
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oftener
- In this selection, "oftener" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, retrieved and lyrical stand out and add context to how "oftener" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include get retrieved oftener than not and in lyrical oftener than in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oftener" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oftener
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These we used to call 'Walghvogel', for the reason that the longer and oftener they were cooked, the less soft and more insipid eating they became. (26 words)
In bigger halls, where shuttles get retrieved oftener than not, a solitary jump smash ceases to draw an ‘awww’, as the pendulum moves onto the next trick. (27 words)
Their use was established by the beginning of the Roman period, but was sporadic in papyri, where they were used as an aid to understanding, and therefore more frequently in poetry than prose, and in lyrical oftener than in other verse. (41 words)
Their use was established by the beginning of the Roman period, but was sporadic in papyri, where they were used as an aid to understanding, and therefore more frequently in poetry than prose, and in lyrical oftener than in other verse. (41 words)
In bigger halls, where shuttles get retrieved oftener than not, a solitary jump smash ceases to draw an ‘awww’, as the pendulum moves onto the next trick. (27 words)
These we used to call 'Walghvogel', for the reason that the longer and oftener they were cooked, the less soft and more insipid eating they became. (26 words)
Example sentences (3)
In bigger halls, where shuttles get retrieved oftener than not, a solitary jump smash ceases to draw an ‘awww’, as the pendulum moves onto the next trick.
Their use was established by the beginning of the Roman period, but was sporadic in papyri, where they were used as an aid to understanding, and therefore more frequently in poetry than prose, and in lyrical oftener than in other verse.
These we used to call 'Walghvogel', for the reason that the longer and oftener they were cooked, the less soft and more insipid eating they became.
Common combinations with oftener
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: