​not often synonym rarely. He had seldom seen a child with so much talent. She seldom, if ever, goes to the theatre. They seldom watch television these days ...

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word seldom, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

7 дней назад · almost never: Now that we have a baby, we seldom get the chance to go to the cinema. formal Seldom do we receive any apology when mistakes are made.

2 дня назад · Seldom definition: on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often. See examples of SELDOM used in a sentence.

The meaning of SELDOM is in few instances : rarely, infrequently. How to use seldom in a sentence.

seldomness, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.

If something seldom happens, it happens only occasionally. They seldom speak. I've seldom felt so happy. We were seldom at home.

rarely adverb /ˈreəli/ /ˈrerli/ not very often Extra Examples He rarely spoke. It is a slowly developing disease, rarely fatal.

adverb : not often : almost never We seldom [=rarely] eat pork. We seldom go to the movies. This type of turtle seldom grows over four inches in length.