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Definitions for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom
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Princeton's WordNet
rarely, seldomadverb
not often
"we rarely met"
Wiktionary
seldomadverb
infrequently, rarely.
They seldom come here now.
seldomadjective
rare; infrequent
A suppressed and seldom anger. uE000149822uE001 Jeremy Taylor.
Webster Dictionary
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.]
Freebase
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
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seldom in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seldom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of seldom in a Sentence
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.
Active minds that think and study, Like swift brooks are seldom muddy.
I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!”
The fame of good men?s actions seldom goes beyond their own doors, but their evil deeds are carried a thousand miles? distance.
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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- seldeAfrikaans
- نادرًاArabic
- azAzerbaijani
- рэдкаBelarusian
- рядкоBulgarian
- কদাপিBengali
- raramentCatalan, Valencian
- zřídkaCzech
- anfynychWelsh
- sjældenDanish
- seltenGerman
- σπάνιαGreek
- malofteEsperanto
- raramente, rara vezSpanish
- harvaEstonian
- ندرت, به ندرتPersian
- harvoinFinnish
- sjáldanFaroese
- rarementFrench
- annachIrish
- ainneamhScottish Gaelic
- לעיתים רחוקותHebrew
- कभी कभीHindi
- ritkánHungarian
- հազվադեպArmenian
- jarangIndonesian
- sjaldanIcelandic
- raramente, di radoItalian
- 稀, 滅多Japanese
- იშვიათად, ღარიბიGeorgian
- сирек, азKazakh
- មិនសូវKhmer
- 드물게, [[좀체로]]...[[않게]]Korean
- بهدهگمانKurdish
- азKyrgyz
- rārē, rārenter, rārōLatin
- ບໍ່ສູ້Lao
- nedažnai, retaiLithuanian
- retiLatvian
- реткоMacedonian
- хааяа нэгMongolian
- jarangMalay
- rariMaltese
- ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲ, ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါBurmese
- zeldenDutch
- sjeldanNorwegian Nynorsk
- sjeldenNorwegian
- rzadkoPolish
- raramentePortuguese
- rar, rareoriRomanian
- изредка, редкоRussian
- ријетко, ретко, rijetko, retkoSerbo-Croatian
- zriedkaSlovak
- rédkoSlovene
- rrallëAlbanian
- sällanSwedish
- nadraSwahili
- кушод-кушод, нудратанTajik
- ไม่บ่อยThai
- azTurkmen
- bihiraTagalog
- azTurkish
- аз, сирәкTatar
- зрідка, рідкоUkrainian
- کبھی کبھیUrdu
- ozUzbek
- ít khiVietnamese
- seledo, seledikoVolapük
- זעלטןYiddish
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