seldom
not often
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,956 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,208 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- not often also: rarely we rarely met
seldom in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Their population generally amounts to eight or ten men—seldom to thirty.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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Musk oxen had been seldom found and then only in the far inland valleys.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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Hast thou a wounded heart? touch it as seldom as thou wouldst a sore eye.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Besides, it is so seldom I have occasion to kill a bear, that the celebration of the exploit may be excused.
In the Wilderness · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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The Hyups seldom go down the mountain, for the same reason that the Munchkins never climb up: the sides are too steep.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1