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Scarcely

Scarcely Meaning & Definition
Scarcely Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scarcely?

[adv] by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
[adv] almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scarcely: barely | hardly | just | scarce

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