rarelyadverb
uk/ˈreə.li/us/ˈrer.li/B1 not often:
We rarely see each other now.
I rarely have time to read a newspaper.
formal Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset.
See also
seldom
More examples
- Temperatures rarely rise above zero in winter.
- In the summer the academy will exhibit several prints which are rarely seen.
- She rarely ventured outside, except when she went to stock up on groceries at the corner shop.
- She rarely spoke her mind out of fear of being ridiculed.
- He hardly ever washes the dishes and he rarely, if ever, does any cleaning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rarely & infrequently
- (every) now and then/again idiom
- blue
- ever and anon
- every
- few
- fit
- in/by fits and starts idiom
- infrequent
- occasion
- occasional
- occasionally
- odd
- odd jobs
- once
- one-off
- one-shot
- seldom
- ship
- sometimes
- stop-and-go
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