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limited, unusual, singular, uncommon, occasional, extraordinary, strange, unlikely, subtle, scarce, unique, unthinkable, great, delicate, rich, priceless, exquisite, attenuate, deficient, fewExamples from the Web for rarest
Contemporary Examples of rarest
Old age is the saddest and rarest way to go; I witnessed it only once.
Not only, in the rarest of cases, where there a female lead in a blockbuster action movie, but the damsel in distress was a dude.
Team Peeta or Team Gale: Why the ‘Hunger Games’ Love Triangle Ruins ‘Mockingjay – Part 1’Kevin Fallon
November 28, 2014
This one features no red carpet, no paparazzi and, only in the rarest of circumstances, a celebrity.
George H.W. Bush was that rarest of rarities: a genuinely modest man in the office of the presidency.
In my book it certainly qualifies as a “rarest of the rare” kind of crime.
Historical Examples of rarest
The effect of it was like a draught of rarest wine to warm her heart.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
The walls were hung in old tapestries, the furniture was of the rarest.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
Jacques patronizing the fool, is one of the rarest shows of self-ignorance.
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
His experiences were most interesting in obtaining some of the rarest specimens.
How the Piano Came to BeEllye Howell Glover
He is the skilled person who makes them, and of all skilled workmen he is the rarest.
CratylusPlato