as in rarely
not often
their grandparents were disappointed that they visited so infrequently
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Recent Examples of infrequently
The city doesn’t have snow plows to clear roads given how infrequently winter weather events occur each year.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
The challenge is that NFG options trade very infrequently, and the bid/ask spread is consequently quite wide, so to sell calls an investor needs to have a sense of what the price should be.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
But other statewide addresses that the governor has planned happen infrequently.
—Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
Transplant infrequently to help papaya seedlings grow strong roots.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 13 Jan. 2026
Pedro Neto is an excellent ball-carrier but shoots infrequently, and while 18-year-old Estevao has shown signs of dynamism and attacking magic, Jamie Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho have struggled to find the confidence and consistency required when given opportunities in the team.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
While exfoliation remains part of Japanese skin care, it’s approached far more gently and infrequently than in many Western routines.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
The business models for the insurance and reinsurance industries assume such catastrophic events occur very infrequently.
—Hughey Newsome, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
How could there not be something glittery and white, not trees or rocks or twists and dippings of the ground or clumps of bushes, little gullies where the water runs infrequently.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
The challenge is that NFG options trade very infrequently, and the bid/ask spread is consequently quite wide, so to sell calls an investor needs to have a sense of what the price should be.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
But other statewide addresses that the governor has planned happen infrequently.
—Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
Transplant infrequently to help papaya seedlings grow strong roots.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 13 Jan. 2026
Pedro Neto is an excellent ball-carrier but shoots infrequently, and while 18-year-old Estevao has shown signs of dynamism and attacking magic, Jamie Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho have struggled to find the confidence and consistency required when given opportunities in the team.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
While exfoliation remains part of Japanese skin care, it’s approached far more gently and infrequently than in many Western routines.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
The business models for the insurance and reinsurance industries assume such catastrophic events occur very infrequently.
—Hughey Newsome, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
How could there not be something glittery and white, not trees or rocks or twists and dippings of the ground or clumps of bushes, little gullies where the water runs infrequently.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrequently
Adverb
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But the White House is also risking a wider fracture over an issue that rarely polarizes the GOP.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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Quarterly results rarely show depletion.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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As Sam Stolton reports, the development could — if Google is eventually found to be non-compliant with the rules — pave the way for potential fines as high as 10% of global annual sales, though Brussels regulators seldom levies the maximum penalties.—
Suzanne Lynch,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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Feldman has seldom sounded so companionable.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Infrequently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrequently. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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