'Seldom' definitions:
Definition of 'seldom'
From: WordNet
adverb
Not often; "we rarely met" [syn: rarely, seldom] [ant: frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes]
Definition of 'Seldom'
From: GCIDE
- Seldom \Sel"dom\ (s[e^]l"d[u^]m), adv. [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[aum]llan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.] Rarely; not often; not frequently. [1913 Webster]
- Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seldom'
From: GCIDE
- Seldom \Sel"dom\, a. Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] "A suppressed and seldom anger." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'seldom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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