Uncommonly vs Rarely - What's the difference?
uncommonly | rarely |
To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely.
* 2012 , Jeannie Lin, My Fair Concubine (page 12)
Not often; on rare occasions.
Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
Unusually well; excellently.
To a rare degree; very.
*, II.32:
As adverbs the difference between uncommonly and rarely
is that uncommonly is to an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely while rarely is not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.uncommonly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- For a gentleman, he was uncommonly rude, but she supposed wearing silk and jade gave him that privilege.
- Not uncommonly , I find that I have arrived too late to catch my train.
rarely
English
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.