What does seldom mean?

Definitions for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word seldom.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. rarely, seldomadverb

    not often

    "we rarely met"

Wiktionary

  1. seldomadverb

    infrequently, rarely.

    They seldom come here now.

  2. seldomadjective

    rare; infrequent

    A suppressed and seldom anger. uE000149822uE001 Jeremy Taylor.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SELDOMadverb

    Rarely; not often; not frequently.

    Etymology: seldan , rarely; seldor , more rarely; seldost , most rarely. Seldan is supposed to be contracted from seldæn , or seld , rare, and hwænne , when, Saxon. Selden, Dutch; seltan, German.

    Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one; and the ordinary course of the world is more according to Job’s observation, who giveth men advice to seek wisdom amongst the ancients, and in the length of days understanding. Richard Hooker.

    There is true joy conveyed to the heart by preventing grace, which pardoning grace seldom gives. Robert South, Sermons.

    Where the flight of fancy is managed with good judgment, the seldomer it is seen it is the more valuable. Nehemiah Grew.

ChatGPT

  1. seldom

    Seldom is an adverb that means occurring or happening rarely or infrequently. It describes something that does not happen often or is not commonly experienced.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seldomadjective

    rare; infrequent

  2. 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.]

Wikidata

  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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Seldom

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

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British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

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

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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. Elliot Wayne Eisner:

    We have inadvertently designed a system in which being good at what you do as a teacher is not formally rewarded, while being poor at what you do is seldom corrected nor penalized.

  2. James F. Byrnes:

    Power intoxicates men. When a man is intoxicated by alcohol, he can recover, but when intoxicated by power, he seldom recovers.

  3. Samuel Goldlust:

    I think it's appealing to a lot of patients and there's very seldom a patient that comes in that I don't think should at least be considered for the therapy.

  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. W. S. Gilbert:

    Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream.

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