rarely
Once in awhile
Rarely means not often or seldom: I rarely eat breakfast, She rarely complains.
It suggests something happens infrequently but not never.
Rarely can also mean exceptionally or unusually well: a rarely gifted musician, though this sense is less common today.
On few occasions
- infrequentlyNot happening often
- hardly everAlmost not at all
- almost neverOccurring very rarely
- not oftenRarely, hardly ever
once in a blue moon · few and far between · sporadically · intermittently · on occasion · from time to time · now and then · every so often
Only just, almost not
imperceptibly · minimally · just · narrowly · only just · by a hair · marginally · fractionally
Not apt to happen
- improbableNot likely true
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
- inconceivablyBeyond what mind grasps
- unthinkablyBeyond what seems possible
implausibly · against the odds · long shot · outside chance · far-fetched
seldom
On few occasions
- infrequentlyNot happening often
- hardly everAlmost not at all
- almost neverOccurring very rarely
not often · once in a blue moon · few and far between · sporadically · intermittently · on occasion · from time to time · now and then · every so often · at intervals
barely
Only just, almost not
slightly · imperceptibly · minimally · just · narrowly · only just · by a hair · marginally · fractionally
unlikely
Not apt to happen
- improbableNot likely true
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
- inconceivablyBeyond what mind grasps
unthinkably · implausibly · against the odds · long shot · outside chance · far-fetched
- -LY wordssoftly, loudly, quickly, slowly, happily
- frequency wordsalways, never, often, sometimes, usually
- infrequencyseldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally, sometimes
- simple presentfacts, general truths, universal truths, routines, states
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- rare findUncommon discovery
- medium rareSteak doneness level
- rare breedExceptionally uncommon type
- rare gemInfrequent precious stone
- rare booksUncommon valuable printed works
- rare steakMinimally cooked beef
rare, rarefied, rarer, rarest, rareness, rarefy, rarefaction, rarefying