rarely

Meaning

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

Synonyms

seldom

infrequently

occasionally

not often

hardly

scarce

scarcely

rare

now and then

uncommonly

unusually

sporadically

from time to time

little

infrequent

exceptionally

pudendum virile

unoften

anytime

seld

barely

blue moon

curiously

extraordinarily

gradually

never

not easily

once in a blue moon

once in a while

scarcely ever

scarcity

sometimes

surprisingly

thinly

not likely

Hyphenated as

rare‧ly

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛːli/

Etymology

From rare + -ly.

Sentences

These are social birds which eat mainly small fruit and only rarely take insects .

While tremendously popular in his day , his plays are rarely revived .

He rarely spoke to me of anything that didn't directly relate to our work .

Hoogsteen base pairs are , however , rarely observed .