English Dictionary: rarely | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rarely \Rare"ly\, adv. 1. In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen. 2. Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d {Rare}, 2. The person who played so rarely on the flageolet. --Sir W. Scott. The rest of the spartments are rarely gilded. --Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rearly \Rear"ly\, adv. Early. [Obs.] --Beau. & Ft. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Roral \Ro"ral\, a. [L. ros, roris, dew.] Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy. [R.] --M. Green. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rural \Ru"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. {Room} space, {Rustic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect. Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. --Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. {Rural dean}. (Eccl.) See under {Dean}. {Rural deanery} (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean. Syn: Rustic. Usage: {Rural}, {Rustic}. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. We turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. --Thomson. Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rurally \Ru"ral*ly\, adv. In a rural manner; as in the country. |