Not often
Sometimes and not often are semantically related. in infrequently topic. In some cases you can use "Sometimes" instead an adverb phrase "Not often", when it comes to topics like intermittent, now and then, once in a while, every once in a while.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- uncommonly and not often
- uncommonly and sometimes
- little and not often
- little and sometimes
- hardly and not often
- hardly and sometimes
- seldom and not often
- seldom and sometimes
- rarely and not often
- rarely and sometimes
- infrequently and not often
- infrequently and sometimes
- scarcely and not often
- scarcely and sometimes
Both terms in one sentence
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In Power Rangers, every Big Bad, Dragon, and the occasional Those Two Bad Guys are either Knights of Cerebus or this (sometimes both, but not often).
Source: Large Ham / Live-Action TV - The former was sometimes called "Wilhelm Bruder" (William brother), but apparently not often enough.
Source: One Steve Limit / Real Life - That's why CPR sometimes works — not often, well below 5% according to some assessments, but there's still a chance if you try.
Source: Faux Death
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