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   scarcely

   /ˈskɛːsli/

   adverb

   • 1. only just; almost not: "her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying" Similar hardlybarelyonly justalmost not
   • ▪ only a very short time before: "she had scarcely dismounted before the door swung open"
   • ▪ used to suggest that something is unlikely to be or certainly not the case: "they could scarcely all be wrong" Similar rarelyseldominfrequentlynot oftenhardly everalmost neveron rare occasionsevery once in a whileinformal:once in a blue moonsurely notnothardlycertainly notdefinitely notnot at allon no accountunder no circumstancesby no meansnowayOpposite often

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   What does scarcely mean in a sentence?

   • In literary writing, scarcely is sometimes put at the beginning of a sentence, followed by had or the verb be and the subject. Scarcely had she put down the receiver when the phone rang again. Scarcely were the words spoken when he began to regret them.

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   What does hardly/scarcely than mean?

   • Need even more definitions? Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of HARDLY/SCARCELY THAN is —used to say that something happens immediately after something else. How to use hardly/scarcely than in a sentence.

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   What is another word for scarcely?

   • Synonymes : barely, hardly, faintly, only just, by a hair, Suite... Collocations : (can) scarcely remember [why, when, how, what], can scarcely [see, hear, feel], could scarcely believe [her eyes, what he was seeing], Suite... Could scarcely be... He was scarcely able to walk. Scarcely half a pound, all told. hardly is more common than scarcely?

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   What is the difference between scarce and scarcely?

   • Both scarce and scarcely are fairly formal words. They have completely different meanings. Scarce is an adjective. If something is scarce, very little of it is available. Good quality land is scarce. The desert is a place where water is scarce. Don't use 'scarce' to say that something is not common, and is therefore interesting. Use rare.

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