nine times

Adverb

Meaning

by a factor of nine

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ninefold

Examples

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? Helen Rowland

The cynics are right nine times out of ten. H. L. Mencken

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. C. S. Lewis

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. James A. Garfield

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. H. L. Mencken

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

nine tens and three nine tens plus ten nine tens plus three nine times nine nine times out of ten nine to five