#136. Frequency. -- N. frequency, oftness[obs], oftenness[obs], commonness; repetition &c. 104; normality &c. 80; example (conformity) 82; routine, custom (habit) 613.
regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision; punctuality &c. (exactness) 494; even tenor; system; routine &c. (custom) 613; formula; rule &c. (form, regulation) 697; keynote, standard, model; precedent &c. (prototype) 22; conformity &c. 82.
V. recur &c. 104; do nothing but; keep, keep on.
Adj. frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming[obs], incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick; uniform; repeated &c. 104; customary &c. 613 (habit) 613; regular (normal) 80; according to rule &c. (conformable) 82.
common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar.
old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial.
Adv. often, oft; ofttimes[obs], oftentimes; frequently; repeatedly &c. 104; unseldom[obs], not unfrequently[obs]; in quick succession, in rapid succession; many a time and oft; daily, hourly &c.; every day, every hour, every moment &c.
perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit) 613 .
most often; commonly &c. (habitually) 613.
sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties[Lat][obs], often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.