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

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

▸ 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, more...


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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, more...



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