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SELDOM
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not often
Example:
we rarely met
Synonyms:
rarely; seldom
Classified under:
Context examples:
Low grade lesions seldom undergo malignant transformation and do not metastasize.
(Low Grade Mouse MIN, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Lobular carcinoma in situ seldom becomes invasive cancer; however, having it in one breast increases the risk of developing breast cancer in either breast.
(Lobular Breast Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Dictionary)
Very well, and very happy, only a little uneasy that they hear from you so seldom.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Falls and accidents seldom "just happen."
(Falls, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
I have seldom seen a more remarkable-looking person.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He is ever the same quiet gentleman, with his thoughts busy for the comfort of his ship’s company, and his heart with his wife and children whom he has so seldom seen.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was well to have a comfort in store on Harriet's behalf, though it might be wise to let the fancy touch it seldom; for evil in that quarter was at hand.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Every thing in such suspense and uncertainty; and seeing him so seldom—we can hardly meet above twice a-year.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She was not near enough to hear any of their discourse, but she could see how seldom they spoke to each other, and how formal and cold was their manner whenever they did.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“I so seldom hear of the work that I thought it was quite dead,” said he.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
