What Does Seldom Mean?

The word "seldom" is an adverb that means rarely, infrequently or not often. It was used in its archaic form as an adjective to mean rare or infrequently. The word "seldom" comes from the Middle English and was derived from the Old English word "seldum".

"I seldom get the chance to read these days", "Seldom do we meet now that we are both working" and "It was seldom chance that we met" are all examples of the word "seldom" being used in a sentence.

Seldom is also the name of a band of the pop-rock genre hailing from Seattle. The members of the band number just three and the trio comprised Casey Foubert on the drums, Casey Wescott on the guitar and Yuuki Matthews on the keyboard and providing the vocals.

The word seldom means "very rare". It typically describes an occurrence or an event which happens quite rarely than usual. It's antonym  is "often". Some examples of seldom are:

1) John visits me more seldom than I would like him to.
2) I seldom get such an opportunity.
3) It's very seldom that Earth goes through an impact with massive meteors.

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