Rare: alternatives and connections

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

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Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

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Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

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Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

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Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

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Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

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Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

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The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits.

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The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrquence of his visits.

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The state or quality of being rare.

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The state or quality of being rare.

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The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.

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The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.

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The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a le…

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The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a le…

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of Rarefy

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Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

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