a few times

ADVERB

seldom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hardly occasionally rarely scarcely sometimes sporadically

WEAK

every now and then from time to time hardly ever in a few cases inhabitually irregularly little not often not very often on and off once in a blue moon once in a while scarcely ever semioccasionally uncommonly unoften unusually whimsically

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently regularly

WEAK

often usually

Example Sentences

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"There have been a few times at incidents when people would look twice when they saw us, but the uniform has definitely helped," he said.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

I have also helped with her mortgage payments a few times over the past eight years — maybe six times total.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

This has happened a few times since the war began almost six weeks ago.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Calder says that he tried to rebook at the given link a few times but that it wouldn’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

“Then you need to say to yourself a few times, ‘My body knows how to do this.’

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

a few times

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