seldom

adverbadjectiveattested in dialogue

//ˈsɛldəm//

Infrequently, rarely.

adverb

1
Infrequently, rarely.
They seldom come here now.
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.
But one thing I was perfectly certain about. Reality or nightmare, I needed a drink as I had seldom needed one before.
No well-meaning friends sayin' bad things / No friends' telephone that only seldom rings / No lingering doubts that try to bring me down / Can turn my love around or make me give up, darling

Etymology

From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden by analogy with adverbial datives such as whilom, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē. Cognate with Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”), West Frisian selden, komselden (“rare, seldom”), Dutch zelden, German selten, Danish sjælden, Norwegian Bokmål sjelden, Norwegian Nynorsk sjeldan, Swedish sällan, Faroese sjáldan, Icelandic sjaldan. More at seld and selly.

adjective

1
archaicRare; infrequent.
a suppressed and seldom anger
He was very curious in his garden, which was never out of order; in which he would at seldom times take a short walk or two, not enduring to see a weed in it.

Forms

comparative: more seldom, seldomer
superlative: most seldom, seldomest

seize · To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.seizing · The act of grabbing or taking possession.seizure · senses related to possession The act of taking possession, as…

seldom · Infrequently, rarely.

select · Privileged, specially selected.Select · A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when…selected · That have been selected or chosen.

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