Definitions for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)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.

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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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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. Alfred North Whitehead:

   Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

2. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

   He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

3. H.L. Mencken:

   For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

4. Dr. Dale E. Turner:

   Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so relunctant to change It is not so much that new ideas are painful, for they are not. It is that old ideas are seldom entirely false, but have truth, great truth in them. The justification for conservatism is the desire to preserve the truths and standards of the past its dangers, of which we are seldom aware, is that in preserving those values, we may miss the infinitely greater riches that lie in the future.

5. Dan Gainor:

   The problem is that the louder and loonier the hosts have become, the less even their own supporters listen to them, the reason why ‘The View’ seldom goes viral is that few watchers ever want anything to do with the program. ABC has reportedly come close to canceling the calcified program. It is long overdue.

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