adv. [ Usually, Compar. More seldom superl. Most seldom but sometimes also, Seldomer Seldomest. ] [ 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. ] Rarely; not often; not frequently. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seldomness

n. Rareness. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unseldom

adv. Not seldom; frequently. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

很少

[很少, hěn shǎo, ㄏㄣˇ ㄕㄠˇ]very little; seldom#2440[Add to Longdo]

难得

[难得 / 難得, nán dé, ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄜˊ]seldom; rare; hard to come by#3540[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

selten

seldom[Add to Longdo]

Liebe und Verstand gehen selten Hand in Hand. [ Sprw. ]

Love and understanding are seldom found together.[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

少ない(P);少い(io);尠い;寡い

[すくない, sukunai](adj-i) few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom; (P)#2274[Add to Longdo]

稀(P);希

[まれ, mare](adj-na) (uk) rare; seldom; (P)#6127[Add to Longdo]

そうは問屋が卸さない;そうは問屋がおろさない;然うは問屋が卸さない

[そうはとんやがおろさない, souhatonyagaorosanai](exp) things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much[Add to Longdo]

佳人薄命

[かじんはくめい, kajinhakumei](exp) beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together[Add to Longdo]

学者貧乏

[がくしゃびんぼう, gakushabinbou](exp) good scholars are seldom rich[Add to Longdo]

泣き面に蜂;泣きっ面に蜂

[なきつらにはち(泣き面に蜂);なきっつらにはち(泣きっ面に蜂), nakitsuranihachi ( naki men ni hachi ); nakittsuranihachi ( naki tsu men ni hachi )](exp, n) misfortunes seldom come alone; it rains, but it pours[Add to Longdo]

経常利益

[けいじょうりえき, keijourieki](n) (seldom used by non-Japanese financial analysts) current profits; ordinary profit; income before income taxes; ordinary income; operating income; (P)[Add to Longdo]

時たま;時偶

[ときたま, tokitama](adv) once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals[Add to Longdo]

七十古希

[しちじゅうこき, shichijuukoki](exp) Men seldom live to be seventy (Du Fu (c.712-c.770)); Few people live to be seventy[Add to Longdo]

準否定

[じゅんひてい, junhitei](n) (obsc) { ling } quasi-negation (e.g. use of words like 'hardly', 'seldom', 'barely'); weak negation[Add to Longdo]

能無し犬の高吠え;能なし犬の高吠え

[のうなしいぬのたかぼえ, nounashiinunotakaboe](exp) (id) (obsc) a barking dog seldom bites (meaning those who make the most noise have the least talent)[Add to Longdo]

美人薄命

[びじんはくめい, bijinhakumei](exp) beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young[Add to Longdo]

滅多

[めった, metta](adj-na, n) (uk) thoughtless; reckless; seldom (neg. verb); careless; (P)[Add to Longdo]

滅多に

[めったに, mettani](adv) (with neg. verb) rarely; seldom; (P)[Add to Longdo]

滅多に見られない図

[めったにみられないず, mettanimirarenaizu](n) (obsc) seldom seen sight[Add to Longdo]

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