often
/ˈɔfən/ adverb A1- Frequently; many times on different occasions. · I often walk to work when the weather is nice.· I’ve been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
Comparative oftener · Superlative oftenest
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The Lapdog knew many tricks and was a great favourite with his master, who often fondled him and seldom went out to dine without bringing him home some tidbit to eat.
He often lamented his own hard fate and contrasted it with the luxury and idleness of the Lapdog, till at last one day he broke his cords and halter, and galloped into his master’s house, kicking up his heels without measure, and frisking and fawning as well as he could.
The Sheep and the Goat complained of his distressing cries, and said, “He often handles us, and we do not cry out.” To this he replied, “Your handling and mine are very different things.
But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.
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