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

  1. rarely, seldomadverb

    not often

    "we rarely met"

Wiktionary

  1. rarelyadverb

    Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.

  2. rarelyadverb

    Unusually well; excellently.

  3. rarelyadverb

    To a rare degree; very.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Rarelyadverb

    in a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen

  2. Rarelyadverb

    finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Rarely' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2399

  2. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Rarely' in Adverbs Frequency: #196

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rarely in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Rarely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Rarely in a Sentence

  1. Visnu Limwibul:

    Smartphones and anything related to the Internet will grow rapidly, but we rarely have them here. Makers of SSDs are in Malaysia.

  2. Auctioneer Matthew Quinn:

    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.

  3. Komal Nahta:

    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.

  4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

    Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.

  5. Ashley Moody:

    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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