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adverb

Rarely adv.

In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.

Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2. "The person who played so rarely on the flageolet." "The rest of the apartments are rarely gilded."

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Etymology of 'Rarely'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rarely" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Middle Ages the lord of a manor in England, though possessed of a larger proportion of the land than were his colleagues in other countries, but rarely could claim so much as one half of the acreage of a parish; the rest was common, in which his rights were strictly limited and defined, to the advantage of the poor, and also side by side with common was to be found a number of partially and wholly independent tenures, over ...

— The Historic Thames • Hilaire Belloc

... applied himself seriously now to his role of host, so rarely played in the Frauengasse. He was courteous and quick to see a want or a possible desire of any one of his guests. It was part of his sense of hospitality to dismiss all personal matters, and especially a personal trouble, ...

— Barlasch of the Guard • H. S. Merriman

... rid of the trouble of housekeeping, and of its dignity and usefulness. There were a few children in the house, not at all noisy; the boys played on the sidewalk, and the little girls stayed in their rooms with their mothers, and rarely took the air oftener ...

— The Minister's Charge • William D. Howells

... own experience or give an account of their special vocation, or at any rate impart what they have learned from some one else, their conversation will not be worth listening to; and if anything is said to them, they will rarely grasp or understand it aright, and it will in most cases be opposed to their own opinions. Balthazar Gracian describes them very strikingly as men who are not men—hombres che non lo son. And Giordano ...

— The Art of Literature • Arthur Schopenhauer

... had been created in 1831, and in 1845, when the Viscount's father died, he succeeded to the title. He had entered Parliament in 1818 as member for Chester. He spoke but rarely in the House, although a hard worker on committees. He greatly improved his vast London property, and had the credit of administering his estate with a combination of intelligence and generosity seldom seen. Of reserved habits and inexpensive tastes, he ...

— Some Old Time Beauties - After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment • Thomson Willing

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