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   What is seldom adverb?

   • Definition of seldom adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 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. (literary) Seldom had he seen such beauty.

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   What does seldom mean in a sentence?

   • I should judge from what I see and feel that shade is seldom wanting here, except as a shield from the rain. He seldom got up till late in the day, dictating his letters and receiving his ministers in bed. Seldom definition: on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often. See examples of SELDOM used in a sentence.

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   Where did the word seldom come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word seldom is in the Old English period (pre-1150). seldom is a word inherited from Germanic. selcouth, adj., adv., & n. Old English–1815

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   How do you use hardly rarely adverb?

   • Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking: He hardly ever smiles. [a trout is a type of fish]

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

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   Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking: He hardly ever smiles. [a trout is a type of fish]

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   adverb. uk/ˈsel.dəm/us/ˈsel.dəm/ Add to word listAdd to word list. B2. almost never: Now that we have a baby, we seldom get the chance to go to the cinema. formalSeldom do we receive any apology when mistakes are made. Synonym. rarely. Opposite. often. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Rarely & infrequently.

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   adverb. us / ˈsel.dəm / uk / ˈsel.dəm / Add to word list. B2. almost never: Now that we have a baby, we seldom get the chance to go to the movies. formal Seldom do we receive any apology when mistakes are made. Synonym. rarely. Opposite. often. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Rarely & infrequently. (every) now and then/again idiom.

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

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   seldom adverb & adjective. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word seldom mean? 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 evidence. Entry status.