Definitions for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rarely, seldomadverb

   not often

   "we rarely met"

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1. seldomadverb

   infrequently, rarely.

   They seldom come here now.

2. seldomadjective

   rare; infrequent

   A suppressed and seldom anger. uE000149822uE001 Jeremy Taylor.

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1. Seldomadjective

   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

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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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. Ronald David Laing:

   The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our freedom and our brotherhood we are prepared to blow up the other half of mankind and to be blown up in our turn.

2. Arthur Guiterman:

   Active minds that think and study, Like swift brooks are seldom muddy.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!”

4. Chinese:

   The fame of good men?s actions seldom goes beyond their own doors, but their evil deeds are carried a thousand miles? distance.

5. Marcus Aurelius:

   Failure to observe what is in the mind of another has seldom made a man unhappy; but those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.

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