seldom
11seldom — Synonyms and related words: abnormally, at infrequent intervals, few, hardly, hardly ever, incredibly, infrequently, irregularly, little, not often, occasional, occasionally, rare, rarely, scarce, scarcely, scarcely ever, seldom if ever, sparsely …
12seldom — sel|dom [ seldəm ] adverb ** not often. A more usual word is rarely: We seldom see each other anymore. Seldom are the designs reproduced exactly as illustrated …
13seldom */*/ — UK [ˈseldəm] / US adverb not often We seldom see each other any more. Seldom are the designs reproduced exactly as illustrated …
14seldom — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English seldan; akin to Old High German seltan seldom Date: before 12th century in few instances ; rarely, infrequently II. adjective Date: 13th century rare, infrequent …
15seldom — seldomness, n. /sel deuhm/, adv. 1. on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often: We seldom see our old neighbors anymore. adj. 2. rare; infrequent. [bef. 900; ME; OE seldum, var. of seldan; c. G selten, Goth silda ] * * * …
16seldom — adverb /ˈsɛldəm/ infrequently, rarely. They seldom come here now. Syn: barely, hardly, rarely, scarcely, infrequently Ant …
17seldom — adv. Seldom is used with these verbs: ↑exceed, ↑mention, ↑venture …
18seldom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. rarely, not often, infrequently. See rarity. Ant., often, frequently. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rarely, unusually, in a few cases, a few times, at times, seldom seen, on divers occasions,… …
19seldom — [OE] Seldom goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *selda , of which the underlying notion appears to have been ‘strange and rare’. Its modern Germanic relatives include German selten, Dutch zelten, Swedish sällan, and Danish sjelden …
20seldom — adverb very rarely: She seldom reads newspapers …
