seldom
adverb
[ ˈsɛldəm ]
• not often; rarely.
• "Islay is seldom visited by tourists"
Similar:
rarely,
infrequently,
on rare occasions,
hardly ever,
scarcely ever,
hardly,
scarcely,
almost never,
(every) once in a while,
only now and then,
not often,
only occasionally,
sporadically,
once in a blue moon,
seldom
adjective
• not common; infrequent.
• "a great but seldom pleasure"
Origin:
Old English seldan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zelden and German selten, from a base meaning ‘strange, wonderful’.
