Definitions for rarely
ˈrɛər lirarely

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.

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

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Eric Hoffer:

   Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity

2. B. J. Gupta:

   Organizations rarely progress in absence of well defined codes of conduct and system to ensure that these are strictly adhered to. Same is true for society.

3. Nicki Minaj:

   If I was a different 'kind' of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well, black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it.

4. Jared Walczak:

   I get the impression that a lot of bad decisions are made in Reno, but rarely, I suspect, has any woman made that poor a choice.

5. Alexandre Dumas:

   It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.

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