rarely

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation

 * , or
 * , or
 * , or
 * , or

Adverb

 * 1) Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
 * We rarely go to the theatre.
 * Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river.
 * 1) Unusually well; excellently.
 * 2) To a rare degree; very.
 * 1) To a rare degree; very.

Usage notes
It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
 * Compare We rarely ever go to the theatre. with We almost never go to the theatre.

Translations

 * Arabic: قَلِيلًا, قَلِيلًا مَا, قَلَّمَا
 * Moroccan Arabic: قليل
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: gec-gec
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 很少,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: sjældent
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: sjáldan
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπανίως
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: harvaa, harvoin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: rārē
 * Latvian: reti
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ретко
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: sjeldan
 * Ojibwe: wiikaa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: rara vez, poco frecuentemente,
 * Swedish: ovanligen,
 * Ukrainian: рі́дко, зрі́дка,, неча́сто
 * Volapük: selediko, plödakösömiko
 * Walloon:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: напро́чуд, ви́ключно, винятко́во