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SCARCELY
barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce
(adverb) only a very short time before; âwe hardly knew themâ; âhad scarcely rung the bell when the door flew openâ; âwould have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leaveâ- W.B.Yeats
hardly, scarcely, barely, scarce
(adverb) almost not; âhe hardly ever goes fishingâ; âhe was scarce sixteen years oldâ; âthey scarcely ever used the emergency generatorâ; âI can hardly hear what she is sayingâ; âshe barely seemed to notice himâ; âwe were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitlesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
scarcely (comparative more scarcely, superlative most scarcely)
(modal) Probably not.
(modal) Certainly not.
(degree) Almost not at all; by a small margin.
Usage notes
It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
• Compare We scarcely ever eat fish. with We almost never eat fish.
Synonyms
• (degree: by a small margin): barely, hardly
• (barely, almost not or not quite): barely, just, hardly, only just
Source: Wiktionary
Scarce, Scarce"ly, adv.
1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. With a scarce well-lighted flame. Milton. The eldest scarcely five year was of age. Chaucer. Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides. Dryden. He had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived who had been sent for my ransom. W. Irwing.
2. Frugally; penuriously. [Obs.] haucer.
SCARCE
Scarce, a. [Compar. Scarcer; superl. Scarcest.] Etym: [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see Ex-) + carpere. See Carpet, and cf. Excerp.]
1. Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon. You tell him silver is scarcer now in England, and therefore risen one fifth in value. Locke. The scarcest of all is a Pescennius Niger on a medallion well preserved. Addison.
2. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of. [Obs.] "A region scarce of prey." Milton.
3. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy. [Obs.] "Too scarce ne too sparing." Chaucer. To make one's self scarce, to decamp; to depart. [Slang]
Syn.
– Rare; infrequent; deficient. See Rare.
Scarce, Scarce"ly, adv.
1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. With a scarce well-lighted flame. Milton. The eldest scarcely five year was of age. Chaucer. Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides. Dryden. He had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived who had been sent for my ransom. W. Irwing.
2. Frugally; penuriously. [Obs.] haucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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