How do you pronounce rarely?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛəɹli/.

rarely

/ˈɹɛəɹli/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: rare-ly
IPA: /ˈɹɛəɹli/

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Meaning

adv

Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.

adv

Unusually well; excellently.

adv

To a rare degree; very.

Example Sentences

"We rarely go to the theatre."
"Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river."
"You have to give them credit, rarely does a character appeal equally to four-year-old children and middle-aged aunts posting tepid jokes and fake Oscar Wilde quotes on their timelines."
"After all the schooling, I can finally write rarely now."
"I became a rarely good judge of the best in modern painting."
"others speake very honourably of his life and death, and in all other circumstances declare him to have beene a most excellent and rarely virtuous man."

Etymology

Etymology tree English rare Middle English -ly English -ly English rarely From rare + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɛəɹli/
British English: /ˈɹɛːli/

Inflected Forms

rarelier (comparative) more rarely (comparative) rareliest (superlative) most rarely (superlative)

Phrases

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 137. Infrequency

Frequently Paired Words

rareness rarity frequency Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 137. Infrequency occasionally

Synonyms

barely hardly infrequently once in a while seldom sporadically scarcely rarely seldomly uncommonly unoften

Homonyms

really

Antonyms

frequently usually often

Rhymes With

fairly barely unfairly squarely fairley fairlie wehrli