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- on very few occasions; almost never: I rarely have time to read the newspaper.
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B1. not often: We rarely see each other now. I rarely have time to read a newspaper. formal Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. See also. seldom. Opposites. frequently. oft old use or formal. oftentimes mainly US. Fewer examples. Temperatures rarely rise above zero in winter.
Definition of 'rarely' rarely. (reəʳli ) adverb [ADVERB before verb] B1. If something rarely happens, it does not happen very often. June and her daughters laughed a lot and rarely fought. I very rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car.
rarely / ˈrɛəlɪ / adv. hardly ever; seldom; to an unusual degree; exceptionally; dialect uncommonly well; excellently: he did rarely at market yesterday; USAGE Since rarely means hardly ever, one should not say something rarely ever happens '
B1. not often: We rarely see each other now. I rarely have time to read a newspaper. formal Rarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. See also. seldom. Opposites. frequently. oft old use or formal. oftentimes mainly US. Fewer examples. Temperatures rarely rise above zero in winter.
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rarely is one of the 5,000 most common words in modern written English. It is similar in frequency to words like cloud , commission , dear , merchant , and suit . It typically occurs about 30 times per million words in modern written English.
