rarely

Adverb

• Not often; infrequently.
• not often
  • "we rarely met"

Adv

• Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
• Unusually well; excellently.
• To a rare degree; very.

Examples

• A perfect rack of all seven letters for a bingo rarely happens, but it’s a dream.
• Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river.
• We rarely go to the theatre.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

often, frequently, usually

Related Words

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