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[ adverb ] not often
Synonyms Examples "we rarely met" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Physique contests are rarely won on muscle size alone . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)The collector enjoys the contact with rural life ; he hunts folklore for the very `` field and stream '' reasons that many persons hunt game ; and only rarely is he acutely concerned with the meaning of what he has located . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)From my wife 's experience and other sources , this seems to be rarely encountered in educated circles . (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)Frequently a_few isolated thick walled cells or , rarely , groups of such cells in the xylem region , were also specifically stained , but there was no such staining in epidermis , cortex , most xylem cells , ray cells , or pith . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)When the telephone rang on the day after Hino went down to the village , Rector had a hunch it would be Hino with some morsel of information too important to wait until his return , for there were few telephones in the village and the phone in Rector 's office rarely rang unless it was important . Related terms |
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