unfrequently

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For, Madison goes on to write: “It is not unfrequently a question of real nicety in legislative bodies, whether the operation of a particular measure will, or will not, extend beyond the legislative sphere.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2020

She not unfrequently stopped at the Parsonage, and had a few minutes’ conversation with Charlotte, but was scarcely ever prevailed upon to get out.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Shortly afterwards, however, came the reverse of the medal, which not unfrequently occurs.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

Not unfrequently it is the last word or phrase of the paragraph that gives us the clue to St Paul’s meaning and discloses the point at which he has aimed all along.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

To the ambitious it was the portal to bishoprics, and, after the monk St. Gregory, not unfrequently to the Popedom.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole