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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of scarcely
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as in barely
by a very small margin
was scarcely able to walk after the near-fatal accident
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“Scarcely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarcely. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.
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