Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Not often; infrequently or rarely.
- adjective Infrequent; rare.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rarely; not often; infrequently.
- Rare; infrequent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Rarely; not often; not frequently.
- adjective Archaic. Rare; infrequent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
infrequently ,rarely . - adjective obsolete
rare ;infrequent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb not often
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His expression seldom changes, with his cool stare and clenched jaw, the product of military schooling, but he's no less demanding or intense than Carril once was.
This Coach Has a Coach, Too Scott Cacciola 2011
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And at the risk of seeming importunate, I daresay humble is a word seldom applied to you, my lord Rolande.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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And at the risk of seeming importunate, I daresay humble is a word seldom applied to you, my lord Rolande.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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And at the risk of seeming importunate, I daresay humble is a word seldom applied to you, my lord Rolande.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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The elusive Monti characteristically clung to the shadows, his name seldom surfacing even in the annals of the French occult world.
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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The elusive Monti characteristically clung to the shadows, his name seldom surfacing even in the annals of the French occult world.
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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The elusive Monti characteristically clung to the shadows, his name seldom surfacing even in the annals of the French occult world.
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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Her name seldom featured in the press unless prefixed by the word "troubled" and accompanied by an account of her battles with drink and drugs and her dependent-abusive relationship with her husband, a petty drug dealer and junkie called Blake Fielder-Civil.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Her name seldom featured in the press unless prefixed by the word "troubled" and accompanied by an account of her battles with drink and drugs and her dependent-abusive relationship with her husband, a petty drug dealer and junkie called Blake Fielder-Civil.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Her name seldom featured in the press unless prefixed by the word "troubled" and accompanied by an account of her battles with drink and drugs and her dependent-abusive relationship with her husband, a petty drug dealer and junkie called Blake Fielder-Civil.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
johnfisherman commented on the word seldom
Phonetically it's a bit of a freak, it seems to me. As if directly imported from Arabic. Good stuff.
September 2, 2010