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
Smartphones and anything related to the Internet will grow rapidly, but we rarely have them here. Makers of SSDs are in Malaysia.
You know, we get to sell high-value items all the time. Rarely do we get a-hold of a piece of history, and it's been humbling.
These days, rarely does a girl stay at home after marriage, she works outside, if she wants to, and that is reflected in our films.
Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.
While President Biden will rarely mention fentanyl — because then President Biden would have to acknowledge President Biden abject failure to secure the U.S.-Mexico border as well as the fact that President Biden policies are emboldening the violent drug cartels smuggling record amounts of opioids into our country — President Biden should at least take advantage of this opportunity to demand assistance from President Obrador in dismantling the cartels and snuffing out the synthetic opioid labs in President Obrador country that are killing hundreds of Americans, even children, every day.
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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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