most often

ADVERB

habitually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly customarily

WEAK

as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large consistently frequently generally in the main mainly more often than not mostly naturally normally now and again now and then occasionally oft

ADVERB

mostly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chiefly essentially frequently largely often particularly predominantly principally regularly usually

WEAK

above all almost entirely as a rule customarily for the most part in many instances many times on the whole overall primarily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently rarely seldom

ADVERB

routinely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently customarily frequently generally habitually normally occasionally often ordinarily regularly sometimes typically

WEAK

as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large in the main mainly more often than not mostly naturally now and again now and then on the whole once and again per usual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly

ADVERB

typically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently customarily frequently generally mostly naturally normally occasionally often ordinarily regularly routinely sometimes

WEAK

as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large habitually in the main mainly more often than not now and again now and then on the whole once and again per usual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly

ADVERB

usually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently customarily frequently generally mostly normally occasionally ordinarily regularly routinely sometimes

WEAK

as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large habitually in the main mainly more often than not now and again now and then on the whole once and again

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly

WEAK

exceptionally unusually

Example Sentences

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But most often this is not the case.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

This is the one I come back to most often, mostly because it doesn’t require a plan — just ingredients that are already halfway to being forgotten.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

The engine room is where Rew has most often found himself for Somerset - 10 of his 12 first-class hundreds have come at number six.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

The word “riff” appears in the book close to a hundred times, most often in association with Mr. Richards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It happened most often, he noticed, when he was wearing the Horcrux.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

most often

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