Definitions for rarely
ˈrɛər lirare·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rarely, seldomadverb

   not often

   "we rarely met"

Wiktionary(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rarelyadverb

   Etymology: from rare.

   1. Seldom; not often; not frequently.

   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.

   2. Finely; nicely; accurately.

   How rarely does it meet with this time’s guise,
   When man was will’d to love his enemies. William Shakespeare.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce rarely?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say rarely in sign language?

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. President Trump:

   Vote for Congressman Devin Nunes, a true American Patriot the likes of which we rarely see in our modern day world, he truly loves our country and deserves everyone’s support.

2. Radoslav Soth:

   The fact that I rarely could talk or ask about anything related to the gay scene didn't made my visits very enjoyable, and for all these reasons I left the 'mainstream' traveling or renting websites for Misterbnb.

3. Aurora Berill:

   Don't try to change other people, people rarely change.

4. Visnu Limwibul:

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

5. Janette Dill:

   Physicians rarely leave their jobs, it does seem to indicate that there is some dissatisfaction in the physician work force and the work force is not recovering to the same levels of the prepandemic period.

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