rarely

Definition

  • adverb: not very often
  • adverb: not often
  • synonyms: seldom, once in a while, barely

Examples

  • These machines only need to be fixed very 'rarely'. = These machines 'rarely' need to be fixed.

  • Such radical opinions have 'rarely', 'if ever', been heard here before.

  • The temperature 'rarely' [='seldom'] drops below freezing here.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Same bow... New Strings. And may I deduce.. Mycroft, Good evening by the way. No! He doesn't. May I deduce that you rarely strays from the path.. . That runs from your home to the Diogenes Club, And never on a Monday... When they serve your favorite potted shrimps, (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows