If you almost never do something, you can say you do it rarely. If you walk or bike to work most days, you could say that you rarely take the bus.
In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often;
Adverb
not often; "we rarely met"
adv.
In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things
rarely seen.
adv.
Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.
Rarely
The person who played so rarely on the flageolet.
The rest of the spartments are rarely gilded.
In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often;
Usage Examples
Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.
I liked the way my character, Shane, was first introduced. You get introduced to her through this sexual action, and I thought that was so cool and just kind of summed up what she enjoys and who she is, to a certain extent. She's a complete sexual being and the great thing is that she doesn't apologize for it. It's just who she is. We rarely see women be able to do that on television.
Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now in the United States.
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
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Other Usage ExamplesHappiness is rarely absent it is we that know not of its presence.
Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges.
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.
I don't mind traveling that much when I can go somewhere and stay there for a while, but touring is different. You rarely see anything. You get there early in the morning and you're resting all day, and you go in and do a sound check, and you do the show, and then bam you're gone.
I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.
I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.
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