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rarely

[rair-lee]

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adverb

on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom: I'm rarely late for appointments.

exceptionally; in an unusual degree.

unusually or remarkably well; excellent.

Origin:
1515–25; rare¹ + -ly

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The rarely seen frilled shark makes an appearance on video, then croaks.

Criminal defendants rarely face jury trials, because they have.

If they could only get visas, which are rarely granted, tourists would flock to its beaches and nearby game parks.

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The rarely seen frilled shark makes an appearance on video, then croaks.

Criminal defendants rarely face jury trials, because they have.

If they could only get visas, which are rarely granted, tourists would flock to its beaches and nearby game parks.

Because gorillas rarely use tools, many scientists thought the great apes were less sharp than chimpanzees.

Rarely does anyone weigh facts before deciding what to believe.

Gentle whale sharks roam the world's warm seas but were rarely seen until anAustralian gathering place was found.

Plants respond to heavy pruning but rarely need more than the occasional snip to correct their shape.

It's so useful you'll rarely put it away, giving it a permanent spot on your desk.

Rarely are the weaker players even on the master level.

Since higher ed rarely seeks efficiencies, they are unusual.

The price of stir-frying and dressing a salad has rarely been higher.

The resulting footage has shed light on rarely seen mating behavior, captured on film perhaps for the first time.

Brain scans and other types of neurological evidence are rarely a factor in trials today.

It has rarely been seen, and the occasion of this exhibition is the needed rebinding of the book.

And the graceful plant rarely needs staking?it's a good choice.

Geek guys rarely go, unless they are the comic relief.

Part of the difficulty in thinking about multiculturalism is that it has come to have two meanings that are rarely distinguished.

The job placements of graduates from doctoral programs are rarely made public.

Also, tropical rocks tend to experience deep weathering, rarely poking above the ground as outcrops.

Kinkajous rarely come to ground, and they sleep all day in tree holes.

Biomedical breakthroughs rarely outdo nature itself-despite our ever-increasing knowledge of new materials and processes.

Villagers rarely married anyone from outside their town.

The species is rarely found in gardens add to my plant list.

The details and paint jobs may differ, but the general aesthetic rarely does.

When hard economic times force adults to move back into their parents' homes, the move is rarely without tensions.

Killings involving guns always attract public interest, but they rarely lead to policy overhauls.

Creditors rarely sued and the government was lenient.

Europe repeatedly experiences searing summer heat that has rarely happened before.

By comparison, cocaine binges rarely last more than three days.

The loss of such cars saddened enthusiasts, but rarely has a vehicle's demise occasioned an actual funeral.

Having no hive to defend, they're not aggressive and rarely sting.

College football is an inherently violent sport, but rarely does that brutality extend to the team's mascots.

Government program budgets are too rarely tied to results, so poor performance is often perversely rewarded with budget increases.

Colleges take on a persistent but rarely discussed issue: the poor grades earned by many minority students.

The isotope does occur in nature but only extremely rarely.

The prey bones that were found came from young dinosaurs and rarely showed any bite marks.

The blue orchards rarely sting and, because of their solitary nature, do not swarm.

But rarely has stop-action been used in the unlikely.

Pink to deep red flowers may appear from spring to summer but are only rarely seen.

Animal hermits can learn from their peers, researchers say, even though they rarely encounter one another in the wild.

Art rarely strays far from life, from the feelings and character of the person who makes it.

Some advertisers routinely entreat us to undermine our health, but rarely through overt attacks on healthy behavior.

But rarely do they get mugged by a former customer from a prison library.

Even if snakes manage to bite their attackers, they rarely escape from hungry badgers.

Complicating matters is that the source of hot aggression is rarely diagnosed.

Though an amplified voice indicates the machine's importance in the history of science, it rarely draws a crowd.

Ever since she got it, the bench has rarely been idle.

They thought about things, but they rarely compared their ideas with experimental evidence.

News accounts of the economic crisis rarely put it in these terms.

It is a sentiment he finds fascinating but only rarely appropriate or useful.

Because it is only rarely denominated in their own currencies, foreign debt can be risky for developing countries.

Stallions may go for the throat in battle but rarely do serious harm.

Bedbug sprays sold for residential use in neighborhood stores rarely eradicate or prevent bedbugs.

It was all theoretical, with rarely any relation to the tangible world around me.

Danilo worked several jobs simultaneously and rarely took any time off.

Style changes are rarely capricious, since change plays havoc with the editor's sacred cow, consistency.

Great style is as unique as the person, rarely reflecting a look envisioned by any fashion label.

Others would argue that administrators are rarely the best and brightest.

The language has long been in slow decline, chiefly because the children of migrants to the cities rarely speak it.

I've been studying these squid for ten years and have rarely seen this kind of behavior.

But the disease usually responds well to antibiotics, and it is rarely fatal.

Rarely has a birth been so anticipated, or the wait so suspenseful.

In fact it rarely shows up in my garden, though the forest beyond my back fence is full of them.

And important industries are rarely made by single companies".

In an age of childhood obesity and children tethered to electronic consoles, playgrounds have rarely been more important.

Foreign students say that because university representatives rarely reach out to them, they rely on each.

But rarely can the numbers have seemed more erratic than in recent months, when the forecast for this year's.

Bobcats are elusive and nocturnal, so they are rarely spotted by humans.

During heavy rains and wind, butterflies are rarely seen.

Unlike chocolate chip cookies, or brownies, which rarely get wilder than the addition of.

Solitary ground-hugging rosettes rarely offset, but each produces brilliant orange flowers.

Thick, dry, black and white manuscripts are rarely a source of inspiration and sometimes can cause loads of confusion.

But people rarely account for what is left behind after a cigarette has been extinguished.

Of course, there's another side to the accessibility story, one that's rarely in the news.

Edicts were sent out to the blue-collar workforce whom they rarely met face-to-face.

In some cases he had to follow rigorous protocol to secure audiences with rulers rarely seen in public.

What a great adventure for the mother and the baby a bond that is rarely broken.

Museums rarely include much more information than species name and the state or country where the.

Lowe's first complaint about natives is that they are rarely green.

The ordinances come thick and fast, perhaps because speed and safety have rarely made easy bedfellows.

Past efforts by presidents to overhaul big-time college athletics have rarely resulted in significant changes.

Employers are rarely as accommodating as they might be.

Trees in the rain forest may look bunched together, but tall ones actually rarely touch.

Adult animals rarely die from the infection but do suffer permanent weight reduction and a loss of milk yield.

The entire tour rarely lasted more than an hour, and there was no museum to provide greater context to the experience.

Your slides will rarely look exactly the same on a wall as they do on your computer screen.

Unless you are on the search committee these letters are rarely seen.

Rarely has an auction of spectrum been so closely watched.

The birds and bees rarely confuse the flowers, and the flowers almost never interbreed in nature.

What is fascinating is how rarely the problem is the nature of the technology itself.

Green beans are a workhorse vegetable: nothing flashy, rarely the star, but always dependable in a supporting role.

Funny, though, how people rarely forget their cell phones.

Alas, greatness and meaning are rarely coterminous with popular familiarity octoprof.

Yet products rarely break within the period covered, and repairs tend to cost no more than the warranty itself.

Despite the widespread fear of these enormous predators, great white shark attacks are rarely fatal.

Psychiatric treatments are thus essentially serendipitous: helpful for many but rarely illuminating.

Even summer rarely sees temperatures in positive numbers.

Rarely are employees celebrated for poking fun at the boss.

People rarely want to do this b/c of money, but it really might save you money in the long run.

The question of who audits the auditors is rarely asked.

Unlike vampires, photos rarely come out at night, so kudos to the winners of our night photo contest.

Time might heal metaphorical heartbreak, but an injured heart can rarely repair itself.

Unlike other cat species, female cheetahs ovulate rarely and at unusual times.

Yes, there are palmetto bugs, but only rarely do they actually get in our house.

They waited for a good education, and that rarely came.

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World English Dictionary

rarely (ˈrɛəlɪ)

—*adv*
1.	hardly ever; seldom: I'm rarely in town these days
2.	to an unusual degree; exceptionally
3.	dialect uncommonly well; excellently: he did rarely at market yesterday

usage Since rarely means hardly ever, one should not say something rarely ever happens

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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