scarcely
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Synonyms & Antonyms for scarcely
Synonyms
barely, hardly, just, marginally, narrowly, slightly
Antonyms
considerably, significantly, substantially, vastly, well
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Compared with Livingstone, however, Johnson left scarcely a mark on the city. — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, "The Empty Promise of Boris Johnson," 13 June 2019 Before the outbreak, scarcely more than 1,000 children were living with HIV in all of Pakistan, according to the WHO. — latimes.com, "How hundreds of children were infected with HIV in one Pakistani district," 11 June 2019 The Justin Gimelstob debacle that captivated the sport in May scarcely came up either. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "50 Parting Thoughts From the 2019 French Open: Rafa, Barty and So Much More," 9 June 2019 Boone’s path to Soho could scarcely have started in a less likely place. — Town & Country, "Mary Boone Is Taking a Break," 18 Apr. 2019 Back in Stefanik's office, the proverbial political elephant in the room, of course, is President Trump, whose name was scarcely mentioned at the E-PAC kickoff event in January. — Rebecca Gale, Marie Claire, "Elise Stefanik Is Going to Bring Women Back to the GOP," 25 Mar. 2019 The actresses have scarcely been seen since the Desperate Housewives star was arrested and the Fuller House actress turned herself in to authorities and posted $1 million bail last month. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman May Finally Break Their Silence in Court Tomorrow," 2 Apr. 2019 Their face-to-face meetings at campaign forums and before the Bee's editorial board were equally tense, the grim-faced pair scarcely looking at each other or shaking hands. — Darrell Smith, sacbee, "Sacramento DA Schubert takes commanding lead in early returns after contentious campaign," 5 June 2018 By 2000, because of widespread vaccination, the virus was declared eliminated in the United States: Enough people were immunized that outbreaks were uncommon, and deaths from measles were scarcely heard of. — Julia Belluz, Vox, "New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame.," 9 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scarcely.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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