rarely

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈɹɛəɹli/ UK /ˈɹɛːli/
adv Freq #5491

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    Not often; almost never.

    We rarely go to the theatre.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · not often; almost never. seldom
More barelyhardlyinfrequentlyscarcelyseldomlysporadicallyuncommonlyunoften
Opposites
frequentlyoftenusually
Word family
Related forms frequencyrarenessrarity

Etymology

From rare + -ly.

Topics

Describing Qualities
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