oftener
With greater regularity
Oftener is the comparative form of often, meaning more frequently.
Though grammatically correct, it sounds old-fashioned or stilted to most modern ears, who prefer more often: I should call my mother more often.
Oftener persists in some regional dialects and older literature: He visited oftener than before.
frequency
Happening many times
- regularlyAt fixed intervals
- repeatedlyMany times over
- commonlyWith frequent occurrence
- habituallyAs regular practice
routinely · customarily · periodically · recurrently · consistently · increasingly · persistently · chronically
frequently
Happening many times
- regularlyAt fixed intervals
- repeatedlyMany times over
- commonlyWith frequent occurrence
habitually · routinely · customarily · periodically · recurrently · consistently · increasingly · persistently · chronically · steadily
- every so oftenAt scattered intervals
- more often than notIn most cases
- not oftenRarely, hardly ever
- as often as notRoughly half the time
- quite often
- all too often