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Seldom
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Seldom
/ˈseldəm/
Not happening often; rare.
Synonyms:
rarely
infrequently
Antonyms:
often
frequently
regularly
Examples:
After that, he
seldom
opened his eyes.
"So
seldom
that any negligence or blunder appears!
Comparatively speaking, I am very
seldom
there.
Etymology:
Derived from Middle English
seldom,
from the Old English
seldan,
meaning
rarely
or
uncommon,
related to the Old Norse
sjaldan
and Gothic
seldom.
Usage Statistics:
28 mentions per 1 million words
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