Definitions for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. rarely, seldom(adverb)

   not often

   "we rarely met"

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1. seldom(Adverb)

   infrequently, rarely.

   They seldom come here now.

2. seldom(Adjective)

   rare; infrequent

   A suppressed and seldom anger. uE000149822uE001 Jeremy Taylor.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Seldom(adj)

   rare; infrequent

   Etymology: [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sllan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.]

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1. Seldom

   Seldom was a Seattle-based pop-rock trio. Their line-up consisted of piano, bass, and drums, but some songs included electric guitar, mellotron, strings, or other keyboard instruments. They toured in support of both Pedro the Lion and Sarah Shannon. Both of their releases were on Casa and their 2002 album "Romance" was distributed by Barsuk Records. In 2002, Foubert joined Pedro the Lion for their album, Control, playing drums and keyboards and co-writing "Penetration" and "Second Best". In 2004, Foubert and Matthews joined up with frontman Christian Wargo and guitarist Ryan Phillips to create Crystal Skulls. The band originally included Dan Chestnut and Scott Kirby who played guitar and bass, respectively.

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1. Seldom

   sel′dum, adv. rarely: not often.—n. Sel′domness.—adv. Sel′dom-times. [A.S. seldum, seldan—seld (adj.), rare; Ger. selten.]

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1. seldom

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British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seldom' in Adverbs Frequency: #347

Anagrams for seldom »

1. models

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   Alex

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seldom in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seldom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of seldom in a Sentence

1. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   I seldom think of politics more than 18 hours a day.

2. La Bruyere:

   Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present-- which seldom happens to us.

3. Jon Tester:

   It is a negotiation. Negotiations seldom go smooth all the way through.

4. Teresa of Ávila:

   We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells us so, that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are, those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty.

5. Learned Hand:

   Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

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