rarely
/ˈɹɛəɹli/ adverb B1- Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. · We rarely go to the theatre.· Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river.
- Unusually well; excellently. · After all the schooling, I can finally write rarely now.
- To a rare degree; very. · I became a rarely good judge of the best in modern painting.
Comparative rarelier · Superlative rareliest
From the library
Everyone listened eagerly; Monte Cristo who so rarely opened his lips, was about to speak.
He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern and solemn, and rarely spoke.
But Matthew so rarely went from home that it must be something pressing and unusual which was taking him; he was the shyest man alive and hated to have to go among strangers or to any place where he might have to talk.
As the Inquisition rarely allowed its victims to be seen with their limbs distorted and their flesh lacerated by torture, so madness is always concealed in its cell, from whence, should it depart, it is conveyed to some gloomy hospital, where the doctor has no thought for man or mind in the mutilated being the jailer delivers to him.
Learn rarely in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.