Seldom

a. Rare; unfrequent. [Rare.] “A suppressed and seldom anger.” Bp. Taylor.

adv. [A-S. seldan, seldon, seldum, seld, Icel. siâldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sällan, O. Fries. selden, sielden, L. Ger. seldem, D. zelden, O. H. Ger. setlan, N. H. Ger. selten.] Rarely; not often; not frequently.

Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker.