rarely Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb not often
    seldom.
    • we rarely met

WordNet

Rare"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.
  2. Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.
    The person who played so rarely on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.
    The rest of the spartments are rarely gilded. Evelyn.

Webster 1913