Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Seldom"

A: seldom = very unusual, almost never

A: Indefinite adverbs go as follow in increasing order; never, seldom, sometimes, often, usually, always.
Seldom means something that is more frequent than never, but less common than sometimes.
"I seldom go to the pool, because I usually get sick, so I limit my lessons to only once a month"

A: rarely

A: Not often

A: Not often/rarely

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A: she seldom comes to see me
It is seldom that I go to the store

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Seldom means not often, rarely

He seldom buys anything new to wear

I seldom speak to her nowadays

They seldom eat anything but English food

A: I seldom answer questions like this. But seldom are they so interesting.

If something is seldom then it is rare.

A: I seldom use the bike, I just walk instead.

A: Seldom I watch any porn

A: There is no difference. They're synonyms.

A: Rarely here means not so often. Barely and hardly are weird brothers and mean similar things. They are sometimes used interchangeably. There are no difference actually.

A: They are interchangeable, but “rarely” is more common and less formal.

A: they're the same. seldom is used more formally.

A: Seldom is a word used more often in papers to replace the word rarely.

Basically, it makes you sound more intellectual where as the word rarely is better when talking face to face

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A: × i seldom read a book
✓ I seldom read books

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A: You don't need to say both "seldom" and "once a year" :) However you could link the two sentences to say "To be honest I seldom go to the theatre. I go once year"