seldomly
English
Etymology
From Middle English seldomly; equivalent to seldom + -ly.
Adverb
seldomly (comparative more seldomly, superlative most seldomly)
- (rare, sometimes proscribed) Seldom; rarely.
- 1864, Ellen L. Biscoe Hollis, The Winthrops, page 265:
- the universally felt, yet seldomly acknowledged truth […]
- c. 1864, Emily Dickinson, ‘So set its sun in thee’, Poems:
- So I the ships may see / That touch how seldomly / Thy shore?
- 1999, Philip Greenspun, Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing:
- Very seldomly will you need to store email addresses or names that are anywhere near as long as 100 characters.
- 2011, Bart D. Ehrman, The Reliability of the New Testament, p. 132:
- Additionally, orthographic variants only very seldomly affect the text itself.
- 1864, Ellen L. Biscoe Hollis, The Winthrops, page 265:
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːldəmliː/
Descendants
- English: seldomly
References
- “sẹ̄ldomlī (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
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