seldom
122
1.7
- adverb
- /ˈsɛldəm/
:
rara vez
- She seldom has time to relax due to her busy schedule.
- very seldom
- seldom mentioned
- seldom used
Because if they've killed three people, they're seldom going to start with that.
- Because if they've killed three people, they're seldom going to start with that.
- He's like, dude, you talk a lot of bullshit, but you seldom tell a lie.
- Duress as such is seldom recognized as an independent tort.
- And sometimes police in Poland at that time seldom intervene.
- Real life bank runs are seldom unprovoked.
- And it's very seldom that you see something other than this happen.
- So you very, very seldom, almost never get identical mouse twins.
- I'm often reminded of something that my father told me, which is you seldom learn very much while you are talking.
- Here popular opinions on subjects not palpable to sense are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
- And don't overlook the fact that you still have to network and that grades are seldom enough to get your dream legal job.
- I'm angry, you know, we'll very seldom say like I felt ashamed.
- They, they're very seldom asked to exercise.
Examples
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We both lived in domestic seclusion and seldom shared a meal with my mother.
Fiction book (1990) -
We seldom go and find Uncle Raymond anymore.
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I would go out so seldom that it would be very weird.
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And it's very seldom that you see something other than this happen.
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You seldom get around to them again.
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But I seldom pray to him.
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Well, the sad truth is, underdogs seldom win.
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I seldom know these days exactly who is still speaking to me and who isn't.
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Therefore, individual children vary greatly and seldom fit into a uniform curriculum.
Academic text (1999) -
Now, it's startlingly apparent how seldom this happens with the United States.
Synonyms
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1.0
On some occasions but not always
451
1.0
Happens sometimes but not often
438
2.0
Happens sometimes but not often
427
1.6
Sometimes, but not very often
285
1.0
Happens sometimes but not very often
267
1.4
Happens sometimes but not regularly
137
2.0
Sometimes, not very often
88
1.6
Happens one or two times, not often
79
1.7
It happens sometimes but not very often
54
2.3
Happens sometimes but not very often
19
5.5
Very rare and not happening often
16
5.0
Happening only sometimes
6
5.0
Happens very rarely
Does not happen often
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Etymology
Seldom comes from an old English word seldan, which means 'rarely' or 'not often'. So seldom is easy to remember: it describes something that happens only now and then, like a rare bird you see once in a while.