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RARELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not often

Example:

we rarely met

Synonyms:

rarely; seldom

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

often (many times at short intervals)

Pertainym:

rare (recurring only at long intervals)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Systems that do not form giant planets rarely eject material.

(New Study Shows What Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Can Teach Us, NASA)

A. neuii is rarely pathogenic in humans but may cause neonatal sepsis.

(Actinomyces neuii, NCI Thesaurus)

Rarely have you had real estate options like those you can find this month and in January.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It is sometimes associated with sensory changes in the involved skin area, but very rarely becomes cancerous.

(Nevus of Ito, NCI Thesaurus)

Titanium oxide is rarely seen on Earth.

(Inferno World with Titanium Skies, ESO)

N. lactamica is commensal in the human nasopharynx, commonly isolated from children, and is rarely pathogenic.

(Neisseria lactamica, NCI Thesaurus)

N. mucosa is commensal in the human nasopharynx and is rarely pathogenic.

(Neisseria mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)

Although meteorites are valued samples from asteroids, they are rarely recovered immediately after they fall to Earth.

(Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites, NASA)

Naturally occurring vaterite is rarely found on Earth.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)

A. haemolyticus is rarely pathogenic in humans.

(Acinetobacter haemolyticus, NCI Thesaurus)