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seldom(dictionary)

seldom (iou)



seldom adverb & adjective.

A. adverb. On few occasions, in few cases or instances, not often; rarely, infrequently. OE.
E. B. Browning It is seldom perhaps never, that I wish those to love me who do not. J. G. Farrell An unfamiliar staircase, seldom used, to judge by the spiders' webs. K. Lines Seldom, if ever, had the earth seen so glorious a spectacle. R. Cobb He knew how to please and seldom failed to do so.
b. adjective. Rare, infrequent. L15.
M. Twain The seldomest spectacle on the Mississippi to-day is a wood-pile. Daily Telegraph It is a great but seldom pleasure..to hear a contradiction of the current cant.
seldomly adverb = SELDOM adverb M16-M19.
seldomness noun infrequency, rareness M16.