English-Thai Dictionary

seldom

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SELDOM

adv. [Sel probably signifies separate, distinct, coinciding with L. solus. ] Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker.

 

SELDOM

a.Rare; unfrequent. [Little used. ]

 

SELDOMNESS

n.Rareness; uncommonness; infrequency.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELDOM

Sel "dom, adv. [Usually, compar. More seldom (; superl. Most seldom (;but sometimes also, Seldomer (, Seldomest.] Etym: [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sällan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous. ]

 

Defn: Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker.

 

SELDOM

SELDOM Sel "dom, a.

 

Defn: Rare; infrequent. [Archaic. ] "A suppressed and seldom anger. " Jer. Taylor.

 

SELDOMNESS

SELDOMNESS Sel "dom *ness, n.

 

Defn: Rareness. Hooker.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

seldom

sel dom |ˈseldəm ˈsɛldəm | ▶adverb not often; rarely: Islay is seldom visited by tourists | he was seldom absent | [ in combination ] : an old seldom-used church. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] dated not common; infrequent: a great but seldom pleasure. ORIGIN Old English seldan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zelden and German selten, from a base meaning ‘strange, wonderful. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

seldom

sel ¦dom |ˈsɛldəm | ▶adverb not often; rarely: Islay is seldom visited by tourists | he was seldom absent | [ in combination ] : an old seldom-used church. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] dated not common; infrequent: a great but seldom pleasure. ORIGIN Old English seldan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zelden and German selten, from a base meaning ‘strange, wonderful ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

seldom

seldom adverb we seldom use the dining room: rarely, infrequently, hardly (ever ), scarcely (ever ), almost never; now and then, occasionally, sporadically; informal once in a blue moon. ANTONYMS often.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

seldom

seldom adverb he was seldom absent: rarely, infrequently, on rare occasions, hardly ever, scarcely ever, hardly, scarcely, almost never, (every ) once in a while, only now and then, not often, only occasionally, sporadically; informal once in a blue moon. ANTONYMS often, frequently.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

seldom

sel dom /séldəm /〖語源は 「不思議な 」〗副詞 more ～; most ～めったに …ない (→always 1 語法 (1 ))▸ Opportunity seldom knocks twice .｟ことわざ ｠好機は2度とはめったに訪れない ▸ Seldom seen, soon forgotten .｟ことわざ ｠めったに会わない人はすぐに忘れ去られる ; 「去るもの日々にうとし 」語法 コーパス seldomの用法 文中の位置 1 「めったに …ない 」の意ではrarelyの方が頻度が高い .2 be動詞を修飾する場合は後ろに, それ以外の 動詞 を修飾する場合はその前に置く ▸ Tom is seldom sick .トムはめったに病気をしない ▸ My wife seldom reads books .家内はめったに読書をしない .受け身では, be動詞と 過分 の間に置く ▸ His offers are seldom accepted by his boss .彼の提案はめったに上司に受け入れられない 3 強調のために文頭に置くのは 〘まれ 文 〙. その場合疑問文と同様に, doが現れるか, ほかの 助動詞 と主語との語順が入れ替わる ▸ Seldom did he contend with others.≒He seldom contended with others .彼はめったに人と争うことをしなかった n ò t s é ldom しばしば (often ).s é ldom, if è ver きわめてまれに, めったに …しない (!強調表現 ) .s è ldom or n é ver [｟非標準 ｠é ver ]めったに …(し )ない .