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Definitions for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom
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Princeton's WordNet
rarely, seldomadverb
not often
"we rarely met"
Wiktionary
seldomadverb
infrequently, rarely.
They seldom come here now.
seldomadjective
rare; infrequent
A suppressed and seldom anger. uE000149822uE001 Jeremy Taylor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SELDOMadverb
Rarely; not often; not frequently.
Etymology: seldan , rarely; seldor , more rarely; seldost , most rarely. Seldan is supposed to be contracted from seldæn , or seld , rare, and hwænne , when, Saxon. Selden, Dutch; seltan, German.
Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one; and the ordinary course of the world is more according to Job’s observation, who giveth men advice to seek wisdom amongst the ancients, and in the length of days understanding. Richard Hooker.
There is true joy conveyed to the heart by preventing grace, which pardoning grace seldom gives. Robert South, Sermons.
Where the flight of fancy is managed with good judgment, the seldomer it is seen it is the more valuable. Nehemiah Grew.
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seldom
Seldom is an adverb that means occurring or happening rarely or infrequently. It describes something that does not happen often or is not commonly experienced.
Webster Dictionary
Seldomadjective
rare; infrequent
Etymology: [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sllan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.]
Wikidata
Seldom
Seldom was a Seattle-based pop-rock trio. Their line-up consisted of piano, bass, and drums, but some songs included electric guitar, mellotron, strings, or other keyboard instruments. They toured in support of both Pedro the Lion and Sarah Shannon. Both of their releases were on Casa and their 2002 album "Romance" was distributed by Barsuk Records. In 2002, Foubert joined Pedro the Lion for their album, Control, playing drums and keyboards and co-writing "Penetration" and "Second Best". In 2004, Foubert and Matthews joined up with frontman Christian Wargo and guitarist Ryan Phillips to create Crystal Skulls. The band originally included Dan Chestnut and Scott Kirby who played guitar and bass, respectively.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Seldom
sel′dum, adv. rarely: not often.—n. Sel′domness.—adv. Sel′dom-times. [A.S. seldum, seldan—seld (adj.), rare; Ger. selten.]
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Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'seldom' in Adverbs Frequency: #347
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seldom in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seldom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of seldom in a Sentence
Poverty is seldom evenly distributed across the country. Poverty clusters in pockets. It clusters in northeastern Brazil, it clusters in northern Argentina, it clusters in southern Mexico, it clusters in southwestern China, well, it's the same thing in the USA. Poverty is clustered in the American South.
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
The problem is that the louder and loonier the hosts have become, the less even their own supporters listen to them, the reason why ‘The View’ seldom goes viral is that few watchers ever want anything to do with the program. ABC has reportedly come close to canceling the calcified program. It is long overdue.
Everyone's familiar with the political world map, it looks as if the entire planet's surface is carved up, every square centimeter accounted for -- which it is, in one sense. But what that map doesn't show you is the large number of wannabe nation states, which are also there, but seldom get a look in.
What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
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- seldeAfrikaans
- نادرًاArabic
- azAzerbaijani
- рэдкаBelarusian
- рядкоBulgarian
- কদাপিBengali
- raramentCatalan, Valencian
- zřídkaCzech
- anfynychWelsh
- sjældenDanish
- seltenGerman
- σπάνιαGreek
- malofteEsperanto
- rara vez, raramenteSpanish
- harvaEstonian
- به ندرت, ندرتPersian
- harvoinFinnish
- sjáldanFaroese
- rarementFrench
- annachIrish
- ainneamhScottish Gaelic
- לעיתים רחוקותHebrew
- कभी कभी, कभी-कभीHindi
- ritkánHungarian
- հազվադեպArmenian
- jarangIndonesian
- sjaldanIcelandic
- raramente, di radoItalian
- 滅多, 稀Japanese
- იშვიათად, ღარიბიGeorgian
- аз, сирекKazakh
- មិនសូវKhmer
- 드물게, [[좀체로]]...[[않게]]Korean
- بهدهگمانKurdish
- азKyrgyz
- rārē, rārenter, rārōLatin
- ບໍ່ສູ້Lao
- nedažnai, retaiLithuanian
- retiLatvian
- реткоMacedonian
- хааяа нэгMongolian
- jarangMalay
- rariMaltese
- ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါ, ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲBurmese
- zeldenDutch
- sjeldanNorwegian Nynorsk
- sjeldenNorwegian
- rzadkoPolish
- raramentePortuguese
- rar, rareoriRomanian
- редко, изредкаRussian
- rijetko, ријетко, ретко, retkoSerbo-Croatian
- zriedkaSlovak
- rédkoSlovene
- rrallëAlbanian
- sällanSwedish
- nadraSwahili
- кушод-кушод, нудратанTajik
- ไม่บ่อยThai
- azTurkmen
- bihiraTagalog
- azTurkish
- аз, сирәкTatar
- зрідка, рідкоUkrainian
- کبھی کبھیUrdu
- ozUzbek
- ít khiVietnamese
- seledo, seledikoVolapük
- זעלטןYiddish
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