What does seldomer mean?
Seldomer means (archaic) comparative form of seldom: more seldom.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(archaic) comparative form of seldom: more seldom.
"He looks as if he had been so much oftener vexed, and so much seldomer pleased than you do," continued I, mentally comparing the smooth though weather-beaten benignity of the straight-cut features beside me, with the austere and frown-puckered gravity of my father's.
One seldomer sees in southern France a sight frequent in Italy and many other parts of Europe,--that of a woman toilsomely dragging a hand-cart or shouldering a burden while her spouse walks idly by and smokes a thankful pipe.
He is like our painting gentlewomen, seldom in his own face, seldomer in his clothes; and he pleases, the better he counterfeits, except only when he is disguised with straw for gold lace.
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Seldomer means (archaic) comparative form of seldom: more seldom.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"He looks as if he had been so much oftener vexed, and so much seldomer pleased than you do," continued I, mentally comparing the smooth though weather-beaten benignity of the straight-cut features beside me, with the austere and frown-puckered gravity of my father's.
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