Word Meanings - NINETY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.
Related words: (words related to NINETY)
- TIMESERVING
Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power. - EIGHTY
Eight times ten; fourscore. - NINETY
Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men. - 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. - 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 - SLEIGHTY
Cunning; sly. Huloet. - 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 . . . - WEIGHTY
1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body. 2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. "For sundry weighty reasons." Shak. Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. Swift. - OFTENTIMES
Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth. - OFTTIMES
Frequently; often. Milton.