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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rarely \Rare"ly\ (r[^a]r"l[y^]), adverb
1. In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.
2. Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d {Rare}, 2.
The person who played so rarely on the flageolet. --Sir W. Scott.
The rest of the apartments are rarely gilded. --Evelyn.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rarely
adverb: not often; "we rarely met" [syn: {seldom}] [ant: {frequently}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "rarely": abnormally, at infrequent intervals, exiguously, extremely, hardly, hardly ever, here and there, in places, in spots, incredibly, infrequently, little, meagerly, not often, piddlingly, scantily, scarcely, scarcely ever, scrimpily, seldom, seldom if ever, skimpily, sparsely, sparsim, spottily, stingily, uncommon, uncommonly, uncustomarily, unexpectedly, unfrequently, unnaturally, unoften, unordinarily, unusually, very seldom
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