What does RARELY mean?
Definitions for RARELY
ˈrɛər lirare·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word RARELY.
Princeton's WordNet
rarely, seldomadverb
not often
"we rarely met"
Wiktionary
rarelyadverb
Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
rarelyadverb
Unusually well; excellently.
rarelyadverb
To a rare degree; very.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Rarelyadverb
Etymology: from rare.
Rarely they rise by virtue’s aid, who lie
Plung’d in the depth of helpless poverty. John Dryden, Juven.Vanessa in her bloom,
Advanc’d like Atalanta’s star,
But rarely seen, and seen from far. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.How rarely does it meet with this time’s guise,
When man was will’d to love his enemies. William Shakespeare.
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rarely
Rarely refers to an event or action that does not occur often, infrequently, seldom, or not regularly. It is an adverb used to express the infrequency of a particular circumstance or event.
Webster Dictionary
Rarelyadverb
in a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen
Rarelyadverb
finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'RARELY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2399
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'RARELY' in Adverbs Frequency: #196
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of RARELY in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of RARELY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of RARELY in a Sentence
Treasury yields jumped at a pace and magnitude rarely seen historically, a similar rate shock looks unlikely in the near term for a number of reasons : Much of the bad news( Fed hikes, inflation) has already been priced in.
Rarely do I see someone looking at their device happy, maybe we should de-vice ourselves, as in ridding ourselves from them just a little bit.
They have no eyes and live their life under the mud and are pretty rarely seen by people.
Hearing all the rumours about chickens, I now very rarely go to KFC or eat McDonald's chicken wings. hamburgers are okay, though.
We preach this idea that intervention changes something in the brain, but we rarely have proof of that, this is one of the first times in my career that I've seen that so clearly.
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- نادراArabic
- raramentCatalan, Valencian
- zřídkaCzech
- seltenGerman
- raramente, poco frecuentemente, rara vezSpanish
- harvoinFinnish
- rarementFrench
- հազվադեպArmenian
- rareIdo
- raramenteItalian
- 滅多, 稀Japanese
- 드물게Korean
- zeldenDutch
- rzadkoPolish
- raramentePortuguese
- rareori, rarRomanian
- нечасто, редко, замечательно, изредка, исключительно, на редкостьRussian
- rédkoSlovene
- ovanligen, sällanSwedish
- ไม่ค่อยมีThai
- рідкоUkrainian
- selediko, plödakösömikoVolapük
- rålmintWalloon
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