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1. (adv.) scarcely
barely; not quite:
We can scarcely see.
2. scarcely
definitely not:
This is scarcely the time to raise such questions.
3. scarcely
probably not:
You could scarcely have chosen better.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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| Definition of 'scarcely' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce
only a very short time before
"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
2. (adverb) hardly, scarcely
almost not
"he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
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1. (adverb) scarcely
almost not or almost none; = barely, hardly
I could scarcely believe what I saw.
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| Definition of 'scarcely' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) scarcely
with difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just
2. (adverb) scarcely
frugally; penuriously
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Sense: only just; not quite
Speak louder please; – I can scarcely hear you; scarcely enough money to live on.
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 Afrikaans: skaars |
 Arabic: بالكاد، بِصُعوبَه |
 Bulgarian: едва |
 Brazilian: mal |
 Czech: stěží, sotva |
 German: kaum |
 Danish: knapt; utilstrækkeligt |
 Greek: μόλις, σχεδόν καθόλου |
 Spanish: apenas |
 Estonian: vaevalt |
 Farsi: حيلي كم |
 Finnish: vaivoin |
 French: à peine |
 Hebrew: בְּקוֹשִׁי |
 Hindi: नहीं के बराबर, बहुत ही कम |
 Croatian: rijetko, jedva |
 Hungarian: alig |
 Indonesian: tidak cukup |
 Icelandic: naumlega |
 Italian: appena, a malapena |
 Japanese: ほとんど～ない |
 Korean: 겨우 |
 Lithuanian: vos |
 Latvian: tik tikko; gandrīz |
 Malay: tidak berapa |
 Dutch: nauwelijks |
 Norwegian: nesten ikke, knapt |
 Polish: ledwo |
 Persian: حيلي كم |
 Pashto: په لږوالى، په كمه توګه ، |
 Portuguese: mal |
 Romanian: abia |
 Russian: едва; почти не |
 Slovak: sotva |
 Slovenian: komaj |
 Serbian: jedva |
 Swedish: knappt |
 Thai: แทบจะไม่ |
 Turkish: ... denemez, daha (henüz) |
 Taiwanese: 幾乎不，幾乎沒有 |
 Ukrainian: ледве |
 Urdu: بمشکل، بہت کم |
 Vietnamese: chỉ vừa mới |
 Chinese: 几乎不 |
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