What does SELDOM mean?
Definitions for SELDOM
ˈsɛl dəmsel·dom
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SELDOM.
Princeton's WordNet
rarely, seldomadverb
not often
"we rarely met"
Wiktionary
seldomadverb
infrequently, rarely.
They seldom come here now.
seldomadjective
rare; infrequent
A suppressed and seldom anger. uE000149822uE001 Jeremy Taylor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SELDOMadverb
Rarely; not often; not frequently.
Etymology: seldan , rarely; seldor , more rarely; seldost , most rarely. Seldan is supposed to be contracted from seldæn , or seld , rare, and hwænne , when, Saxon. Selden, Dutch; seltan, German.
Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one; and the ordinary course of the world is more according to Job’s observation, who giveth men advice to seek wisdom amongst the ancients, and in the length of days understanding. Richard Hooker.
There is true joy conveyed to the heart by preventing grace, which pardoning grace seldom gives. Robert South, Sermons.
Where the flight of fancy is managed with good judgment, the seldomer it is seen it is the more valuable. Nehemiah Grew.
ChatGPT
seldom
Seldom is an adverb that means occurring or happening rarely or infrequently. It describes something that does not happen often or is not commonly experienced.
Webster Dictionary
Seldomadjective
rare; infrequent
Etymology: [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sllan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.]
Wikidata
Seldom
Seldom was a Seattle-based pop-rock trio. Their line-up consisted of piano, bass, and drums, but some songs included electric guitar, mellotron, strings, or other keyboard instruments. They toured in support of both Pedro the Lion and Sarah Shannon. Both of their releases were on Casa and their 2002 album "Romance" was distributed by Barsuk Records. In 2002, Foubert joined Pedro the Lion for their album, Control, playing drums and keyboards and co-writing "Penetration" and "Second Best". In 2004, Foubert and Matthews joined up with frontman Christian Wargo and guitarist Ryan Phillips to create Crystal Skulls. The band originally included Dan Chestnut and Scott Kirby who played guitar and bass, respectively.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Seldom
sel′dum, adv. rarely: not often.—n. Sel′domness.—adv. Sel′dom-times. [A.S. seldum, seldan—seld (adj.), rare; Ger. selten.]
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Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SELDOM' in Adverbs Frequency: #347
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SELDOM in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SELDOM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of SELDOM in a Sentence
Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Women never reason and therefore they are, comparatively, seldom wrong. They judge instinctively of what falls under their immediate observation or experience, and do not trouble themselves about remote or doubtful consequences. If they make no profound discoveries, they do not involve themselves in gross absurdities. It is only by the help of reason and logical inference, according to Hobbes, that ?man becomes excellently wise or excellently foolish.?
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
The fame of good men?s actions seldom goes beyond their own doors, but their evil deeds are carried a thousand miles? distance.
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- seldeAfrikaans
- نادرًاArabic
- azAzerbaijani
- рэдкаBelarusian
- рядкоBulgarian
- কদাপিBengali
- raramentCatalan, Valencian
- zřídkaCzech
- anfynychWelsh
- sjældenDanish
- seltenGerman
- σπάνιαGreek
- malofteEsperanto
- rara vez, raramenteSpanish
- harvaEstonian
- به ندرت, ندرتPersian
- harvoinFinnish
- sjáldanFaroese
- rarementFrench
- annachIrish
- ainneamhScottish Gaelic
- לעיתים רחוקותHebrew
- कभी कभी, कभी-कभीHindi
- ritkánHungarian
- հազվադեպArmenian
- jarangIndonesian
- sjaldanIcelandic
- raramente, di radoItalian
- 滅多, 稀Japanese
- იშვიათად, ღარიბიGeorgian
- аз, сирекKazakh
- មិនសូវKhmer
- 드물게, [[좀체로]]...[[않게]]Korean
- بهدهگمانKurdish
- азKyrgyz
- rārē, rārenter, rārōLatin
- ບໍ່ສູ້Lao
- nedažnai, retaiLithuanian
- retiLatvian
- реткоMacedonian
- хааяа нэгMongolian
- jarangMalay
- rariMaltese
- ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါ, ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲBurmese
- zeldenDutch
- sjeldanNorwegian Nynorsk
- sjeldenNorwegian
- rzadkoPolish
- raramentePortuguese
- rar, rareoriRomanian
- редко, изредкаRussian
- rijetko, ријетко, ретко, retkoSerbo-Croatian
- zriedkaSlovak
- rédkoSlovene
- rrallëAlbanian
- sällanSwedish
- nadraSwahili
- кушод-кушод, нудратанTajik
- ไม่บ่อยThai
- azTurkmen
- bihiraTagalog
- azTurkish
- аз, сирәкTatar
- зрідка, рідкоUkrainian
- کبھی کبھیUrdu
- ozUzbek
- ít khiVietnamese
- seledo, seledikoVolapük
- זעלטןYiddish
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