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"No," Tyrion admitted,"not me. I seldom even dream of dragons anymore. There are no dragons."
I encountered this sentence in The Game of Thrones. Is "seldom...anymore" equal to "not anymore"? Therefore, this sentence means Tyrion didn't dream of dragon. I feel confused because according to the context of this chapter, Tyrion said he was mad about dragon and he used to imagine it.
Seldom means rarely, so it's not as strong as "never". "The sentence literally means "I used to dream about dragons, but now I rarely dream about dragons". The implication is that he did not dream about dragons in the recent past.
