• (British) IPA: /ˈɹɛːli/

rarely (comparative rarelier, superlative rareliest)

1. Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. [from 16th c.]

   We rarely go to the theatre.

   Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river.

2. Unusually well; excellently. [from 16th c.]
3. To a rare degree; very. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 32, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:

     others speake very honourably of his life and death, and in all other circumstances declare him to have beene a most excellent and rarely virtuous man.

• barely
• hardly
• infrequently
• once in a while
• seldom
• sporadically
• scarcely

• frequently, usually, often

• French: rarement
• German: selten
• Italian: raramente
• Portuguese: raramente
• Russian: ре́дко
• Spanish: rara vez, poco frecuentemente, raramente

• Russian: замеча́тельно

• Russian: исключи́тельно