rarely

Adverb

Meaning

In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.

Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

seldom sometimes little occasionally barely hardly sparsely scarcely infrequent extraordinarily irregularly infrequently strangely oddly peculiarly

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Antonyms

often frequently usually ever commonly generally

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Phrases with the word

very rarely rarely used rarely visited by tourists rarely done

Anagrams

rearly

Examples

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. Oscar Wilde

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Horace

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. Petrarch

The twigs are rarely better than the trunk. Icelandic Proverb

Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach. Japanese Proverb

Late repentance is rarely sincere. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

rarefier rarefy rareish rarely done rarely used rarely visited by tourists