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rarely
CIDE DICTIONARY
rarely, adv.
- In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen. [1913 Webster]
- Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2. [1913 Webster]"The person who played so rarely on the flageolet." [1913 Webster]"The rest of the apartments are rarely gilded." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rarely, adv.
1 seldom; not often.
2 in an unusual degree; exceptionally.
3 exceptionally well.
1 seldom; not often.
2 in an unusual degree; exceptionally.
3 exceptionally well.
THESAURUS
rarely
abnormally, at infrequent intervals, exiguously, extremely, hardly, hardly ever, here and there, in places, in spots, incredibly, infrequently, little, meagerly, not often, piddlingly, scantily, scarcely, scarcely ever, scrimpily, seldom, seldom if ever, skimpily, sparsely, sparsim, spottily, stingily, uncommon, uncommonly, uncustomarily, unexpectedly, unfrequently, unnaturally, unoften, unordinarily, unusually, very seldomROGET THESAURUS
rarely
Fewness
N fewness, paucity, small number, small quantity, rarity, infrequency, handful, maniple, minority, exiguity, reduction, weeding, elimination, sarculation, decimation, eradication, few, scant, scanty, thin, rare, scattered, thinly scattered, spotty, few and far between, exiguous, infrequent, rari nantes, hardly any, scarcely any, to be counted on one's fingers, reduced, unrepeated, rarely, here and there.Infrequency
N infrequency, rareness, rarity, fewness, seldomness, uncommonness, unfrequent, infrequent, rare, rare as a blue diamond, few, scarce, almost unheard of, unprecedented, which has not occurred within the memory of the ol, not within one's previous experience, not since Adam, scarce as hen's teeth, one in a million, few and far between, seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly, not often, not much, infrequently, unfrequently, unoften, scarcely, scarcely ever, hardly ever, once in a blue moon, once, once in a blue moon, once in a million years, once for all, once in a way, pro hac vice, ein mal kein mal.For further exploring for "rarely" in Webster Dictionary Online