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Word entry · 6 letters

seldom

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"Not often"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛldəm/Part of speech adverbSorted delmosStarts with SEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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6 letters
"Not often"2 answers
rarely6 lettersseldom6 letters

Filled answer is this word (SELDOM).

Definitions

  1. Not often; rarely.

Word origin

From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden by analogy with adverbial datives such as whilom, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē.

Used in a sentence

  • They seldom come here now.
  • I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.
  • But one thing I was perfectly certain about. Reality or nightmare, I needed a drink as I had seldom needed one before.

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