rarely

adverb
rare·ly
râr'li

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

Example

“We rarely go to the theatre.”

Other meanings

Unusually well; excellently.
“After all the schooling, I can finally write rarely now.”
To a rare degree; very.
“I became a rarely good judge of the best in modern painting.”

Synonyms

barely
hardly
once in a while
seldom

Antonyms

frequently
usually
often

Example sentences

“A scholar is rarely a rich man.”
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“Rarely do I see such kindness.”
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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “rarely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.