Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seldomly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: sel-dom-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Seldom; rarely.

Example Sentences

"the universally felt, yet seldomly acknowledged truth […]"
"So I the ships may see / That touch how seldomly / Thy shore?"
"Very seldomly will you need to store email addresses or names that are anywhere near as long as 100 characters."
"Additionally, orthographic variants only very seldomly affect the text itself."

Etymology

From Middle English seldomly; equivalent to seldom + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: seldomly
Suffix: seldom

Inflected Forms

more seldomly (comparative) most seldomly (superlative)

Synonyms

rarely seldom infrequently scarcely seldomly uncommonly unoften

Questions

What does seldomly mean?: Seldom; rarely.
Where does seldomly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce seldomly

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