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This sentence is from Doraemon:

> そんなのめずらし **くも** ないよ.

I think it means "It is not that rare/uncommon". But I don't understand the
use of く も here. Should it be interpreted as めずらしく + も?

  1. Why did they use めずらしく here? I thought i-adjective + く = adverb while it should be noun in this case.
  2. Why did they use も instead of は? Thanks
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Meaning of も in そんなの珍しくもない
> そんなのめずらしく **も** ないよ。  
>  Something like that is not _really_ rare.

It's めずらしく + **も** + ない. めずらしく is the ku-form (continuative-form) of めずらしい.

This も is like "well", "(not) quite", or "(not) really". This type of も
appears in many sentences, and it essentially makes the sentence sound milder
and more reserved. For example, そうではない ("That's not correct") can sound harsh,
but そうでもない ("That's not _quite_ correct") sounds milder.

Related:

  * [Usage of も in a Specific Context](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/51841/5010)
  * [も in 「Vのもアレなんだけど」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/55970/5010)
  * [What is the difference between 「とは限らない」and 「とも限らない」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/55266/5010)
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