seldom
Meanings
Adverb
- not often
Adv
- Infrequently, rarely.
Adj
- Rare; infrequent.
Origin / Etymology
From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”), West Frisian selden, komselden (“rare, seldom”), Dutch zelden, German selten, Danish sjælden, Norwegian sjelden, Swedish sällan, Faroese sjáldan, Icelandic sjaldan. More at seld and selly.
Synonyms
barely, dearthy, few and far between, geason, hardly, in short supply, infrequent, infrequently, rare, rarely, raresome, scant, scantling, scarce, scarcely, selcouth, seld, seldom, seldomly, selly, superrare, uncommon, uncommonly, unfrequent, unoften
Antonyms
forever, frequently, never, occasionally, often, once, rarely
Scrabble Score: 9
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