Explore Rarely through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rarely meaning
- Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
- Unusually well; excellently.
- To a rare degree; very.
Synonyms of Rarely
Using Rarely
- The main meaning on this page is: Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. | Unusually well; excellently. | To a rare degree; very.
- Useful related words include: seldom, often.
- In the example corpus, rarely often appears in combinations such as: is rarely, are rarely, has rarely.
Example sentences (20)
He rarely yells and rarely on his feet.
It was very odd to have people voted on to the church committee who rarely come to church and whose voting papers were seconded by people who also very rarely come to church.
These accusations are levelled at somebody different each year; they rarely have merit, and are rarely aimed at men.
The need for a brave, mould-breaking move has rarely been greater – and time has rarely been shorter.
Even when Jews leave the fold, they rarely convert to other faiths and (except for the devoutly Orthodox) rarely are ex-communicated.
She was rarely seen — and even more rarely heard — during those months, even after she finally moved to Washington last June.
Allotment attempts to address the artillery dilemma—important targets are rarely urgent and urgent targets are rarely important.
Before the days of cultured pearls, black pearls were rare and highly valued for the simple reason that white pearl oysters rarely produced naturally black pearls, and black pearl oysters rarely produced any natural pearls at all.
However, even in the Stirling Range, snowfalls rarely exceed convert and rarely settle for more than one day.
In practice this rarely happens as the cost on the claimant of bringing these proceedings is significant and in practice imprisonment is rarely ordered as an apology or fine are usually considered appropriate.
Likewise, a baserunner can attempt to steal a base, or the batter can choose to swing at an intentional ball; however, these rarely occur since taking these risks is rarely more beneficial to the offensive team than allowing the walk.
Neutrinos rarely interact with anything, and are consequently rarely observed.
The phyllotaxis is usually decussate, rarely whorled (e.g. Fadogia ), or rarely alternate resulting from the suppression of one leaf at each node (e.g. Sabicea sthenula).
The plumage of the immature is a dark brown overlaid with messy white streaking until the fifth (rarely fourth, very rarely third) year, when it reaches sexual maturity.
According to Tipton, rules in Europe state passengers must be offered the option to get off the plane after they have been on the tarmac for five hours – however, this very rarely happens.
A criminal justice professor says the MAC-10 firearm has rarely been used in mass shootings, which are defined as those in which at least four people die.
Additionally, people who rent clothes rarely do so from the perspective of the planet.
Adult children are rarely afforded a long, hard look at their parents' relationship, but as a Covid boomerang who went 'home' for the pandemic, I had a ringside seat for almost three years.
All coins are "remarkably well preserved" with an "astonishing luster and a newfound freshness rarely observed in coins of this kind," adds Andy Salzberg of the Certified Collectibles Group encompassing NGC.
Although Ritchie rarely starts these days the former Bournemouth winger is significantly a key member of Howe’s leadership group at a club that has had investment of around £400m in new playing talent since its Saudi Arabian-led takeover in October 2021.
Common combinations with rarely
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is rarely 20×
- are rarely 14×
- has rarely 13×
- very rarely 12×
- rarely seen 10×
- he rarely 8×
- and rarely 8×
- rarely been 8×
- but rarely 8×
- rarely if 7×