Word Meanings - FIFTY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Five times ten; as, fifty men. (more info) fünfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf.

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• TIMESERVING
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• TIMESERVER
  One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
• TIMESAVING
  Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.
• FIFTY
  Five times ten; as, fifty men. (more info) fünfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf.
• BETIME; BETIMES
  1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow. 2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. He tires betimes
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• OFTENTIMES
  Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth.
• OFTTIMES
  Frequently; often. Milton.