seldomness†; uncommonness.
V. be rare &c adj..
Adj. unfrequent†, infrequent; rare, rare as a blue diamond; few &c 103;
scarce; almost unheard of, unprecedented, which has not occurred within
the memory of the oldest inhabitant, not within one's previous
experience; not since Adam†.
scarce as hen's teeth; one in a million; few and far between.
Adv. seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly; not often, not much,
infrequently, unfrequently†, unoften†; scarcely, scarcely ever, hardly
ever; once in a blue moon.
once; once in a blue moon; once in a million years; once for all,
once in a way; pro hac vice [Lat.].
Phr. ein mal kein mal [G.].