seldomly

Examples

• All

• It seldomly rains in the desert, making it a dry and arid environment.

• This is when we find a hashtag that is being used very, very seldomly on Instagram and then ask you to add to that.

• It like very seldomly does a train go by on these train tracks.

• It like very seldomly does a train go by on these train tracks.

• There were indications that these teachers used many behavior management strategies in sensible ways when some of the frequently or seldomly used strategies were examined.

  Academic text (1990)

• Why then should people be expected to be particularly good at translating one frequently used way of summarizing uncertainty into another seldomly employed representation?

  Academic text (1990)

• For example, the effectiveness of both commonly and seldomly used strategies should be determined, as well as the effectiveness of unused but potentially powerful strategies such as modeling, differential reinforcement, and/or group contingencies.

  Academic text (1990)

• She seldomly visits her hometown, only going back for special occasions.

Synonyms

H

hardly

vsseldomly

∞ 1.0

Almost not able to do something

express low occurrence but stress near absence or difficulty instead

R

rarely

vsseldomly

539 1.0

Happens only a few times

are slightly more common and not always infrequent

A

at times

vsseldomly

451 1.0

Happens sometimes but not often

stress infrequency but usually in neutral everyday contexts

O

occasionally

vsseldomly

438 2.0

Happens sometimes but not often

describe simple rarity but may not stress irregular timing

O

once in a while

vsseldomly

427 1.6

Sometimes, but not very often

describe infrequency but may not stress exact intervals

N

now and then

vsseldomly

• Informal

285 1.0

Happens sometimes but not very often

refer to infrequent happenings without stressing unpredictable timing

F

from time to time

vsseldomly

267 1.4

Happens sometimes but not regularly

cover infrequency but can imply a gentler repeat pattern

E

every now and then

vsseldomly

137 2.0

Sometimes, not very often

mean infrequency but focus more on short repeated occurrences

S

seldom

vsseldomly

122 1.7

Not happening or done very often

has identical meaning but differs in written form

O

on occasion

vsseldomly

79 1.7

It happens sometimes but not very often

imply occasional occurrence but can be used in broader contexts

N

now and again

vsseldomly

• Informal

54 2.3

Happens sometimes but not very often

express infrequency but not as extreme as unique rare events

E

every so often

vsseldomly

41 2.4

Happens sometimes, but not very often

express infrequency but do not quantify how rare events are

I

infrequently

vsseldomly

16 5.0

Happening only sometimes

focus on simple rarity rather than irregular timing

S

sporadically

vsseldomly

13 6.5

Happening only sometimes and not regularly

denote low frequency but focus on irregular timing rather than rarity

O

once in a blue moon

vsseldomly

• Informal

6 5.0

Happens very rarely

refer to infrequency but do not stress such extreme rarity

S

seld

vsseldomly

• Archaic

9.9

In a way that does not happen often

is the same in meaning but differs only as a variant form

U

unfrequently

vsseldomly

8.8

Not happening often

can be used more generally to express low occurrence

Antonyms

O

often

∞ 1.0

Happens many times

R

regularly

386 1.0

Often at the same or fixed times

How Often

always

∞ 1.0

often

∞ 1.0

sometimes

∞ 1.0

seldomly

• Archaic

6.0

rarely

539 1.0

never

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology