scarcely
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adverbDefinition of SCARCELY
1
a : by a narrow margin : only just <had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open — Agnes S. Turnbull> b : almost not <could scarcely see for the fog>
2
a : certainly not <could scarcely interfere> b : probably not <there could scarcely have been found a leader better equipped — V. L. Parrington>
See Examples of SCARCELY
- He could scarcely control his joy.
- Scarcely a day goes by when they don't see or talk to each other.
- He had scarcely enough money.
- This is scarcely a time to laugh.
- I could scarcely tell them they were wrong.
First Known Use of SCARCELY
14th century
Related to SCARCELY
- Antonyms
- considerably, significantly, substantially, vastly, well
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