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- Dictionaryrare·ly/ˈrerlē/
adverb
- 1. not often; seldom: "I rarely drive above 60 mph"
- 2. unusually or remarkably well: archaic "you can write rarely now, after all your schooling"
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1. : not often : seldom. 2. : with rare skill : excellently. 3. : in an extreme or exceptional manner. Synonyms. infrequently. little. seldom. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of rarely in a Sentence. She rarely talks about her past. Rarely do we see this kind of weather in our area.
B1. not often: We rarely see each other now. I rarely have time to read a newspaper. formalRarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. See also. seldom. Opposites. frequently. oftold use or formal. oftentimesmainly US. More examplesFewer examples. Temperatures rarely rise above zero in winter.
Rarely definition: on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom. See examples of RARELY used in a sentence.
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. Money was plentiful, and rarely did anyone seem very bothered about levels of expenditure.
If you almost never do something, you can say you do it rarely. If you walk or bike to work most days, you could say that you rarely take the bus. Something that happens rarely happens only once in a while, or seldom.
1. hardly ever; seldom: I'm rarely in town these days. 2. to an unusual degree; exceptionally. 3. 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. formalRarely have I seen such a beautiful sunset. See also. seldom. Opposites. frequently. oftold use or formal. oftentimesmainly US. More examplesFewer examples. Temperatures rarely rise above zero in winter.
