rare

rarer rarest
Adjective
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
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2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
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3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of gree in the desert"
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4. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
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5. having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
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6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"
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