rarely

[ rair-lee ]

/ ˈrɛər li /

on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom: I'm rarely late for appointments.

exceptionally; in an unusual degree.

unusually or remarkably well; excellent.

Origin of rarely

First recorded in 1515–25; rare¹ + -ly

They had rarely seen their own fathers carry small children unless their mothers were ill.

How Good Dads Can Change the World |Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The penalty is only rarely imposed, as members often resign before they can be voted out of Congress.

The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress |Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander |December 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Moving on” from the death of a loved one is rarely uniform.

Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook |Tim Teeman |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In Kabul you rarely see people shouting at each other or getting angry in public.

Afghanistan, We Hardly Knew You |Jonathan Foreman |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Mary is rarely just Mary in this selection—she is almost always depicted with her newborn or dead son.

The Virgin Mary Lookbook |William O’Connor |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Cubans nearly all drink, but very little at a time, and rarely get drunk.

Pioneering in Cuba |James Meade Adams
With its rarely fine atmosphere, so tonic and bracing, so free from the depressing fog of the North, it is a great sanitarium.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science |Various
The great intellectual wealth of the German language has rarely been revealed to such an extent in any age as in this writer.

History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology |John F. Hurst
Because of prejudice, however, it is rarely that the happily married woman makes a business or professional career.

Analyzing Character |Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb
These minerals are rare, and the implements made of them were small chisel-like blades, rarely exceeding an inch in length.

The New Stone Age in Northern Europe |John M. Tyler

rarely

/ (ˈrɛəlɪ) /

hardly ever; seldom I'm rarely in town these days

to an unusual degree; exceptionally

dialect uncommonly well; excellently he did rarely at market yesterday

Since rarely means hardly ever, one should not say something rarely ever happens