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seldomly

seldomly adverb: seldom; rarely.

Adverb

seldomly (comparative more seldomly, superlative most seldomly)

  1. (proscribed, rare, sometimes) Seldom; rarely.
    • the universally felt, yet seldomly acknowledged truth […]1864, Ellen L. Biscoe Hollis, The Winthrops, page 265
    • So I the ships may see / That touch how seldomly / Thy shore?c. 1864, Emily Dickinson, “[Part 5: The Single Hound] So set its sun in thee”, in Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, editors, The Poems of Emily Dickinson, centenary edition, Boston...

Examples of seldomly in a sentence

  • Very seldomly will you need to store email addresses or names that are anywhere near as long as 100 characters.1999, Philip Greenspun, Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing:
  • Additionally, orthographic variants only very seldomly affect the text itself.2011, Bart D. Ehrman, The Reliability of the New Testament, page 132:

Synonyms of seldomly

All synonyms of seldomly

Forms of seldomly

comparativemore seldomly
superlativemost seldomly

Origin of seldomly

From Middle English seldomly; equivalent to seldom + -ly.

Questions about seldomly

What does seldomly mean?
Seldomly means seldom; rarely.
How do you use seldomly in a sentence?
Very seldomly will you need to store email addresses or names that are anywhere near as long as 100 characters.
What part of speech is seldomly?
Seldomly is an adverb.

Words near seldomly in the dictionary

  1. seldom
  2. seldom or ever
  3. seldome
  4. seldomer
  5. seldomest
  6. seldomly
  7. seldomness
  8. seldomtimes
  9. Seldon
  10. Seldons
  11. Seldovia

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