Rarefy vs Rarely - What's the difference?
rarefy | rarely |
To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense
To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.
Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
Unusually well; excellently.
To a rare degree; very.
*, II.32:
As a verb rarefy
is to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense.As an adverb rarely is
not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.rarefy
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Alternative forms
* rarifyVerb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* stretchAntonyms
* condenserarely
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Adverb
(en adverb)- We rarely go to the theatre.
- Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river.
- 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.