English Explanatory Dictionary

rarely

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
  2. Unusually well; excellently.
  3. To a rare degree; very.

Pronunciation

râr'li /ˈɹɛːli/ /ˈɹɛəɹli/ en-us-rarely.ogg /ɹɛli/ /ɹeə.liː/ /ɹeəɹliː/ /ˈrɛjə(r)li/ /ˈra(r)li/ /rerli/

Word forms

rarely rarelier more rarely rareliest most rarely

Etymology

From rare + -ly.

Synonyms

barely hardly infrequently once in a while seldom sporadically scarcely rarely seldomly uncommonly unoften

Antonyms

frequently usually often

Related words

rareness rarity frequency Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 137. Infrequency
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