seldom

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seldom
    adv 1: not often; "we rarely met" [syn: {rarely}, {seldom}]
           [ant: {frequently}, {oft}, {often}, {oftentimes},
           {ofttimes}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seldom \Sel"dom\ (s[e^]l"d[u^]m), adv. [Usually, Compar. {More
   seldom} (m[=o]r" s[e^]l"d[u^]m); superl. {Most seldom}
   (m[=o]st" s[e^]l"d[u^]m); but sometimes also, {Seldomer}
   (s[e^]l"d[u^]m*[~e]r), {Seldomest}.] [AS. seldan, seldon,
   seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G.
   selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw.
   s[aum]llan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.]
   Rarely; not often; not frequently.
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         Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. --Hooker.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seldom \Sel"dom\, a.
   Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] "A suppressed and seldom anger."
   --Jer. Taylor.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "seldom":
      abnormally, at infrequent intervals, few, hardly, hardly ever,
      incredibly, infrequently, irregularly, little, not often,
      occasional, occasionally, rare, rarely, scarce, scarcely,
      scarcely ever, seldom if ever, sparsely, sporadic, sporadically,
      uncommon, uncommonly, uncustomarily, unexpectedly, unfrequent,
      unfrequently, unnaturally, unoften, unordinarily, unusually,
      very seldom