Usually means: Rarely occurring; not often seen.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word seldom:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. seldom: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. seldom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. seldom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. seldom: Collins English Dictionary
  5. seldom: Vocabulary.com
  6. Seldom, seldom: Wordnik
  7. seldom: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. seldom: Wiktionary
  9. seldom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. seldom: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. seldom: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. seldom: Dictionary.com
  13. seldom: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. seldom: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Seldom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. seldom: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. seldom: Rhymezone
  18. Seldom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. seldom: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. seldom: Free Dictionary
  21. seldom: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. seldom: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. seldom: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. seldom: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. seldom: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Seldom: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  Infrequently, rarely.
▸ adjective:  (archaic) Rare; infrequent.

Similar:
rarely, seldomly, often, never, hardly, invariably, usually, frequently, infrequently, always, more...

Opposite:
often, frequently, regularly, commonly, usually

Types:
never, rarely, occasionally, sometimes, often, usually, more...

Phrases:
seldom used, seldom seen, The Seldom Seen Kid, The Seldom Scene, seldom give, more...

Adjectives:
good, whole, occa, intellectual, pitchy, round, nest, rhombohedral, hour, very, introduction

Colors:
    sage,     mauve,     taupe,     sepia,     ochre,     periwinkle,     chartreuse,     cerulean,     maroon,     teal


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Similar:
rarely, seldomly, often, never, hardly, invariably, usually, frequently, infrequently, always, more...

Opposite:
often, frequently, regularly, commonly, usually

Types:
never, rarely, occasionally, sometimes, often, usually, more...

Phrases:
seldom used, seldom seen, The Seldom Seen Kid, The Seldom Scene, seldom give, opposite of seldom, very seldom, seldom fails, seldom crossed, seldom missed, seldom met, seldom talked about, seldom use, more...

Adjectives:
good, whole, occa, intellectual, pitchy, round, nest, rhombohedral, hour, very, introduction

Colors:
    sage,     mauve,     taupe,     sepia,     ochre,     periwinkle,     chartreuse,     cerulean,     maroon,     teal



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