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[ adverb ] many times at short intervals
Synonyms Examples "we often met over a cup of coffee" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)But even on these , the palette often takes_over while the shotgun cools_off ! Except for a rich friendship with the painter , Chauncey_Ryder who gave him the only professional instruction he ever had - and this was limited to a_few lessons , though the two artists often went on painting trips together - Roy developed his art by himself . If the artist would study his work more thoroughly and move certain units in his design , often only slightly , finer pictures would result . Often , in working out-of-doors under all conditions of light and atmosphere , a particular passage that looked favorable in_relation_to the subject will be too bright , too dull , or too light , or too dark when viewed indoors in a mat . Long observation has taught Mason that most landscape can be reduced to three essential planes : a foreground in sharp focus - either a light area with dark accents or a dark one with lights ; a middle_distance often containing the major motif ; and a background , usually a silhouetted form foiled against the sky . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] frequently or in great quantities
Synonyms Examples "I don't drink much" "I don't travel much" Used in print (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)In repetitions of the experiment from couple to couple , the votes of the two persons in a couple probably agree more often than independence would imply , because couples who visit the museum together are more likely to have similar tastes than are a random pair of people drawn from the entire population of visitors . |
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