"rarely" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɛːli/ [UK], /ˈɹɛəɹli/ [US], /ɹeə.liː/ [New-Zealand], /ɹeəɹliː/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-rarely.ogg [US] Forms: rarelier [comparative], more rarely [comparative], rareliest [superlative], most rarely [superlative]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɛːli, (US) -ɛəɹli Etymology: From rare + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rare|ly}} rare + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} rarely (comparative rarelier or more rarely, superlative rareliest or most rarely)
  1. Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. Synonyms: rarely Translations (not occurring at a regular interval): σπανίως (spaníōs) (Ancient Greek), قَلِيلًا (qalīlan) (Arabic), قَلِيلًا مَا (qalīlan mā) (Arabic), قَلَّمَا (qallamā) (Arabic), قليل (qlīl) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), հազվադեպ (hazvadep) (Armenian), gec-gec (Azerbaijani), рядко (rjadko) (Bulgarian), rarament (Catalan), 很少 (hěnshǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 罕有地 (hǎnyǒu de) (Chinese Mandarin), zřídka (Czech), sjældent (Danish), zelden (Dutch), sjáldan (Faroese), harvoin (Finnish), rarement (French), selten (German), ritkán (Hungarian), sjaldan (Icelandic), rare (Ido), harvaa (Ingrian), harvoin (Ingrian), raramente (Italian), 滅多に…ない (mettani … nai) (Japanese), 稀に (english: mare ni) (Japanese), rārē (Latin), reti (Latvian), retai (Lithuanian), ретко (retko) (Macedonian), sjelden (Norwegian Bokmål), sjeldan (Norwegian Nynorsk), wiikaa (Ojibwe), rzadko (Polish), raramente (Portuguese), rar (Romanian), rareori (Romanian), ре́дко (rédko) (Russian), нечасто (nečasto) (Russian), изредка (izredka) (Russian), rédko (Slovene), rara vez (Spanish), poco frecuentemente (Spanish), raramente (Spanish), ovanligen (Swedish), sällan (Swedish), рі́дко (rídko) (Ukrainian), зрі́дка (zrídka) (Ukrainian), і́нколи (ínkoly) (Ukrainian), неча́сто (nečásto) (Ukrainian), selediko (Volapük), plödakösömiko (Volapük), rålmint (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-rarely-en-adv-OTr8tobX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 49 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 48 11 Disambiguation of 'not occurring at a regular interval': 96 1 3
  2. Unusually well; excellently. Translations (unusually well): забележително (zabeležitelno) (Bulgarian), замеча́тельно (zamečátelʹno) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rarely-en-adv-Z2WDraup Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 49 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 48 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 32 43 25 Disambiguation of 'unusually well': 3 95 2
  3. To a rare degree; very. Translations (to a rare degree): изключително (izključitelno) (Bulgarian), исключи́тельно (isključítelʹno) (Russian), на ре́дкость (na rédkostʹ) (Russian), напро́чуд (napróčud) (Ukrainian), ви́ключно (výključno) (Ukrainian), винятко́во (vynjatkóvo) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rarely-en-adv-OFEnwTja Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 48 11 Disambiguation of 'to a rare degree': 9 0 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: very rarely, extremely rarely, once in a blue moon, once in a purple moon, hardly ever, scarcely ever, seldom if ever, almost never Related terms: rareness, rarity, frequency, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 137. Infrequency Coordinate_terms: occasionally

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          "word": "قَلِيلًا"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rjadko",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "рядко"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rarament"
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hěnshǎo",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "很少"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hǎnyǒu de",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "罕有地"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "zřídka"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "sjældent"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "sjáldan"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "harvoin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rarement"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "selten"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "spaníōs",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "σπανίως"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "ritkán"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "sjaldan"
        },
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rare"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "harvaa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "harvoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "raramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mettani … nai",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "滅多に…ない"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "mare ni",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "稀に"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rārē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "reti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "retai"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "retko",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "ретко"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "sjelden"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "sjeldan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "wiikaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rzadko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "raramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rareori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rédko",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "ре́дко"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nečasto",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "нечасто"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izredka",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "изредка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rédko"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rara vez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "poco frecuentemente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "raramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "ovanligen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "sällan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rídko",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "рі́дко"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zrídka",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "зрі́дка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ínkoly",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "і́нколи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nečásto",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "неча́сто"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "selediko"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "plödakösömiko"
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
          "word": "rålmint"
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      "glosses": [
        "Unusually well; excellently."
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          "_dis1": "3 95 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabeležitelno",
          "sense": "unusually well",
          "word": "забележително"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zamečátelʹno",
          "sense": "unusually well",
          "word": "замеча́тельно"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To a rare degree; very."
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          "_dis1": "9 0 91",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izključitelno",
          "sense": "to a rare degree",
          "word": "изключително"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 0 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "isključítelʹno",
          "sense": "to a rare degree",
          "word": "исключи́тельно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 0 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "na rédkostʹ",
          "sense": "to a rare degree",
          "word": "на ре́дкость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 0 91",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "napróčud",
          "sense": "to a rare degree",
          "word": "напро́чуд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 0 91",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výključno",
          "sense": "to a rare degree",
          "word": "ви́ключно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 0 91",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vynjatkóvo",
          "sense": "to a rare degree",
          "word": "винятко́во"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛːli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛəɹli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹeə.liː/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹeəɹliː/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "really"
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    {
      "rhymes": "(UK) -ɛːli"
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    },
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      "word": "usually"
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      "word": "often"
    }
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    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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    "English terms suffixed with -ly",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛəɹli/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛːli",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛːli/2 syllables"
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      "word": "occasionally"
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      "form": "rarelier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    "rare‧ly"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
      "word": "extremely rarely"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
      "word": "once in a blue moon"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
      "word": "once in a purple moon"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
      "word": "hardly ever"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
      "word": "scarcely ever"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
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          "text": "We rarely go to the theatre."
        },
        {
          "text": "Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river."
        }
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          "often"
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      "glosses": [
        "Unusually well; excellently."
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          "excellently"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛəɹli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹeə.liː/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹeəɹliː/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "really"
    },
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      "rhymes": "(UK) -ɛːli"
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    },
    {
      "word": "hardly"
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      "word": "infrequently"
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    {
      "word": "once in a while"
    },
    {
      "word": "seldom"
    },
    {
      "word": "sporadically"
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    {
      "word": "scarcely"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
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      "word": "seldomly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
      "word": "uncommonly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:rarely",
      "word": "unoften"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qalīlan",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "قَلِيلًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qalīlan mā",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "قَلِيلًا مَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qallamā",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "قَلَّمَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qlīl",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قليل"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hazvadep",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "հազվադեպ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "gec-gec"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rjadko",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "рядко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rarament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hěnshǎo",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "很少"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎnyǒu de",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "罕有地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "zřídka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "sjældent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "zelden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "sjáldan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "harvoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rarement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "selten"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "spaníōs",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "σπανίως"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "ritkán"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "sjaldan"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rare"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "harvaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "harvoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "raramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mettani … nai",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "滅多に…ない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "mare ni",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "稀に"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rārē"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "reti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "retai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "retko",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "ретко"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "sjelden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "sjeldan"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "wiikaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rzadko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "raramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rareori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rédko",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "ре́дко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nečasto",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "нечасто"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izredka",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "изредка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rédko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rara vez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "poco frecuentemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "raramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "ovanligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "sällan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rídko",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "рі́дко"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrídka",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "зрі́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ínkoly",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "і́нколи"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nečásto",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "неча́сто"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "selediko"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "plödakösömiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "not occurring at a regular interval",
      "word": "rålmint"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabeležitelno",
      "sense": "unusually well",
      "word": "забележително"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamečátelʹno",
      "sense": "unusually well",
      "word": "замеча́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izključitelno",
      "sense": "to a rare degree",
      "word": "изключително"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isključítelʹno",
      "sense": "to a rare degree",
      "word": "исключи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na rédkostʹ",
      "sense": "to a rare degree",
      "word": "на ре́дкость"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "napróčud",
      "sense": "to a rare degree",
      "word": "напро́чуд"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výključno",
      "sense": "to a rare degree",
      "word": "ви́ключно"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vynjatkóvo",
      "sense": "to a rare degree",
      "word": "винятко́во"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rarely"
}

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