Rarely

//ˈɹɛəɹli// adv

adv ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.

    "We rarely go to the theatre."

  2. 2
    Unusually well; excellently.

    "After all the schooling, I can finally write rarely now."

  3. 3
    To a rare degree; very.

    "I became a rarely good judge of the best in modern painting."

Adverb
  1. 1
    not often wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
hardlyinfrequentlyscarcelyseldomabnormallyat infrequent intervals

Example

More examples

"The mandatory character of schooling is rarely analyzed in the multitude of works dedicated to the study of the various ways to develop within children the desire to learn."

Etymology

From rare + -ly.

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