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Synonyms for seldom
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom
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Wiktionary
seldomadverb
Synonyms:
hardly, barely, rarely, scarcely, infrequentlyAntonyms:
frequently, oftenseldomadverb
infrequently, rarely.
A suppressed and seldom anger. Jeremy Taylor.
Synonyms:
scarcely, rarely, barely, hardly, infrequentlyAntonyms:
frequently, often
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
seldom
Synonyms:
rarely, infrequently, occasionally, inconstantly, hardly everAntonyms:
commonly, frequently, uniformly, systematically, habitually, regularly, often, invariably
Princeton's WordNet
rarely, seldomadverb
not often
"we rarely met"
Synonyms:
rarely
Editors Contribution
not often
rarely
he can seldom see through his bars of rage
Dictionary of English Synonymes
seldomadjective
Synonyms:
barely, not often, not frequently
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
seldomadverb
Synonyms:
infrequently, rarely
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#2682 | rare | |
#6326 | occasionally | |
#6787 | hardly | |
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#8208 | barely | |
#14419 | seldom | |
#21962 | scarcely | |
#35926 | infrequently |
How to use seldom in a sentence?
Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.
I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.
Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap.
Things are seldom what they seem.
We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.
Translations for seldom
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- seldeAfrikaans
- نادرًاArabic
- azAzerbaijani
- рэдкаBelarusian
- рядкоBulgarian
- কদাপিBengali
- raramentCatalan, Valencian
- zřídkaCzech
- anfynychWelsh
- sjældenDanish
- seltenGerman
- σπάνιαGreek
- malofteEsperanto
- rara vez, raramenteSpanish
- harvaEstonian
- به ندرت, ندرتPersian
- harvoinFinnish
- sjáldanFaroese
- rarementFrench
- annachIrish
- ainneamhScottish Gaelic
- לעיתים רחוקותHebrew
- कभी कभी, कभी-कभीHindi
- ritkánHungarian
- հազվադեպArmenian
- jarangIndonesian
- sjaldanIcelandic
- raramente, di radoItalian
- 滅多, 稀Japanese
- იშვიათად, ღარიბიGeorgian
- аз, сирекKazakh
- មិនសូវKhmer
- 드물게, [[좀체로]]...[[않게]]Korean
- بهدهگمانKurdish
- азKyrgyz
- rārē, rārenter, rārōLatin
- ບໍ່ສູ້Lao
- nedažnai, retaiLithuanian
- retiLatvian
- реткоMacedonian
- хааяа нэгMongolian
- jarangMalay
- rariMaltese
- ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါ, ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲBurmese
- zeldenDutch
- sjeldanNorwegian Nynorsk
- sjeldenNorwegian
- rzadkoPolish
- raramentePortuguese
- rar, rareoriRomanian
- редко, изредкаRussian
- rijetko, ријетко, ретко, retkoSerbo-Croatian
- zriedkaSlovak
- rédkoSlovene
- rrallëAlbanian
- sällanSwedish
- nadraSwahili
- кушод-кушод, нудратанTajik
- ไม่บ่อยThai
- azTurkmen
- bihiraTagalog
- azTurkish
- аз, сирәкTatar
- зрідка, рідкоUkrainian
- کبھی کبھیUrdu
- ozUzbek
- ít khiVietnamese
- seledo, seledikoVolapük
- זעלטןYiddish
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