Word Meanings - NINETY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.

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.