Scarcely
31scarcely — adv 1. barely, hardly, Dial. scantly, only just, just, with difficulty, not easily; by a narrow margin, Inf. by the skin of one s teeth, by a hair s breadth, by a little bit, by an inch; faintly, dimly, slightly, not quite. 2. probably not,… …
32scarcely — scarce·ly …
33scarcely — Ane ane …
34scarcely any — See: HARDLY ANY …
35scarcely ever — See: HARDLY EVER …
36scarcely any — See: HARDLY ANY …
37scarcely ever — See: HARDLY EVER …
38scarce - scarcely — ◊ scarce Scarce is an adjective. If something that people use is scarce, very little of it is available. Good quality land is scarce. ...a place where water is scarce. ◊ rare You do not use …
39scarce, scarcely — Although scarce can be used as an adverb (scarce more than a bare living), its greatest use in contemporary speech and writing is that of an adjective meaning infrequently found or seen, insufficient, not plentiful : Pretty women are scarce in… …
40hardly, scarcely, barely — These three adverbs imply the doing or accomplishing of something by the narrowest of margins: The injured man was hardly (scarcely, barely) able to move his lips. What slight difference exists among them is that hardly suggests difficulty, the… …