sel|dom

sel|dom
sel|dom «SEHL duhm», adverb, adjective.
–adv.
rarely; not often: »

I am seldom ill. Seldom is advice given, seldomer still is the advice worth anything (Harper's).

–adj.
rare; infrequent: »

Blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure (Shakespeare).

[Old English seldum, alteration of seldan, on the analogy of adverbial dative plurals ending in -um]
Usage Seldom ever

I seldom ever do that

) is regarded as nonstandard. Seldom if ever is the standard form: »

In Bengal to move at all is seldom if ever done (Noel Coward).


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