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Absolutely vs Seldomly - What's the difference?

absolutely | seldomly |

As adverbs the difference between absolutely and seldomly

is that absolutely is in an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly while seldomly is seldom; rarely.

As an interjection absolutely

is yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

absolutely

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
  • Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.
  • (grammar) In a manner that does not take an object.

    • Usage notes

    * Absolutely'' is not to be confused with intensives such as ''very'' or ''indeed , as it is an unconditional term.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

    • Usage notes

    * Some commentators, especially in England, criticise the interjectional use as having no useful meaning beyond that of yes;, page 3 however, this assumes that emphasis is useless, which, pragmatically speaking, it isn’t.

    References

    See also

    * absitively posolutely English degree adverbs

    seldomly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (rare, sometimes, proscribed) Seldom; rarely.
  • * 1864 , Ellen L. Biscoe Hollis, The Winthrops , page 265:
    • the universally felt, yet seldomly acknowledged truth […].
  • * (Emily Dickinson), ‘So set its sun in thee’, Poems :
  • *:So I the ships may see / That touch how seldomly / Thy shore?
  • *1999 , (Philip Greenspun), Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing :
  • *:Very seldomly will you need to store email addresses or names that are anywhere near as long as 100 characters.
  • *2011 , , The Reliability of the New Testament , p. 132:
  • *:Additionally, orthographic variants only very seldomly affect the text itself.

    • Usage notes

    * Sometimes proscribed in favor of the more common seldom, itself an adverb. * At COCA seldom'' occurs more than 5,000 times; ''seldomly 12. It is even rarer in the BNC.