seldom
Infrequently, rarely.
Example
“They seldom come here now.”
Related words
- barking dogs seldom bite
- a barking dog seldom bites
- opportunity seldom knocks twice
- seldom or ever
- seldomtimes
- unseldom
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "seldan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “seldom” 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.