 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
seldom
adverb: not often; "we rarely met" [syn: {rarely}] [ant: {frequently}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seldom \Sel"dom\, adjective
Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] ''A suppressed and seldom
anger.'' --Jer. Taylor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seldom \Sel"dom\ (s[e^]l"d[u^]m), adverb [Usually, Compar. {More
seldom} (m[=o]r" s[e^]l"d[u^]m); superl. {Most seldom}
(m[=o]st" s[e^]l"d[u^]m); but sometimes also, {Seldomer}
(s[e^]l"d[u^]m*[~e]r), {Seldomest}.] [AS. seldan, seldon,
seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G.
selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw.
s["a]llan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.]
Rarely; not often; not frequently.
Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. --Hooker.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "seldom":
abnormally, at infrequent intervals, few, hardly, hardly ever,
incredibly, infrequently, irregularly, little, not often,
occasional, occasionally, rare, rarely, scarce, scarcely,
scarcely ever, seldom if ever, sparsely, sporadic, sporadically,
uncommon, uncommonly, uncustomarily, unexpectedly, unfrequent,
unfrequently, unnaturally, unoften, unordinarily, unusually,
very seldom
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