different between seldom vs somthing
seldom
English
Alternative forms
- seldome (obsolete)
Etymology
From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-Germanic *seldan?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”), West Frisian selden, komselden (“rare, seldom”), Dutch zelden, German selten, Danish sjælden, Norwegian sjelden, Swedish sällan, Faroese sjáldan, Icelandic sjaldan. More at seld and selly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ld?m/
Adverb
seldom (comparative more seldom or seldomer, superlative most seldom or seldomest)
- Infrequently, rarely.
- Synonyms: barely, hardly, rarely, scarcely, infrequently, seldomly; see also Thesaurus:occasionally
- Antonyms: often, frequently; see also Thesaurus:often
Usage notes
- It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never. Compare he seldom ever plays tennis with he almost never plays tennis.
- The form seldomly, derived from the (now archaic) adjectival use, exists, but has not gained widespread acceptance.
Derived terms
- seldom or ever
- seldomtimes
- unseldom
Translations
Adjective
seldom (comparative more seldom or seldomer, superlative most seldom or seldomest)
- (archaic) Rare; infrequent.
- Synonyms: geason, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- a suppressed and seldom anger
Derived terms
- seldomly
- seldomness
Related terms
- seld
Translations
Anagrams
- lesdom, models, somdel
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English seldan.
Adverb
seldom
- Alternative form of selden (“seldom”)
Etymology 2
From Old English selden.
Adjective
seldom
- Alternative form of selden (“uncommon”)
seldom From the web:
- what seldom means
- what seldom visits sorrow
- what's seldom is wonderful meaning
- what's seldom is wonderful
- what seldom mean in tagalog
- what seldom means in portuguese
- seldom used meaning
- what seldom means in arabic
somthing
English
Pronoun
somthing
- Obsolete spelling of something
- Is not this ?omthing more then phanta?ie?
Anagrams
- Monights
somthing From the web:
- what something is made of
- what something does
- what something good to eat
- what something is
- what something entails
- what something interesting about me
- what something casual means
- what something is made up of
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