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Rarely

/ˈɹɛːli/

Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.

📖 Definitions of "Rarely"

adverb

1
Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
"Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river."
2
Unusually well; excellently.
3
To a rare degree; very.

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
seldom	Infrequently, rarely.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
frequently	At frequent intervals.
oftentimes	(chiefly US, elsewhere archaic) Frequently; often.
often	Frequently; many times on different occasions.
ofttimes	(chiefly US, uncommon) (elsewhere, archaic) Often, frequently.
oftnoun	(chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
seldom	Infrequently, rarely.
infrequently	Not frequently.
infrequent	Not frequent; not happening frequently.
occasionally	On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
ever	At any time.
rarenoun	Very uncommon; scarce.
frequently	At frequent intervals.
often	Frequently; many times on different occasions.
usually	Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
uncommonly	To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.
commonly	As a rule; frequently; usually.
almost	Very close to, but not quite.
uncommon	Rare; not readily found; unusual.
scarcely	(degree) Hardly: only just; by a small margin.
barely	(not comparable, degree) By a small margin.
exceptionally	To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.
unusualnoun	Not usual, out of the ordinary.
unlikely	Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
not	Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
never	At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

These words statistically appear in the same text as "rarely" (Google Books Ngrams).

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