seldom vs often
Definitions
adverb
- not often
Examples
The boa and the rattlesnake are homebodies that seldom travel more than a couple of miles in a lifetime.
Eschewing schools and musical fashions, he wrote a great deal of music which is seldom heard, exploring bitonalites and partly delving into the realm of atonality.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher
Definitions
adverb
- many times at short intervals
- in many cases or instances
- frequently or in great quantities
Examples
Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
