rarely

adverb

1. 1

   Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.

   We rarely go to the theatre.

   Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river.

   You have to give them credit, rarely does a character appeal equally to four-year-old children and middle-aged aunts posting tepid jokes and fake Oscar Wilde quotes on their timelines.

2. 2

   Unusually well; excellently.

   After all the schooling, I can finally write rarely now.

3. 3

   To a rare degree; very.

   I became a rarely good judge of the best in modern painting.

   others speake very honourably of his life and death, and in all other circumstances declare him to have beene a most excellent and rarely virtuous man.

Forms

comparative

rarelier, more rarely

superlative

rareliest, most rarely