Engelsk tillægsord: scarce | |||
1. | scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought. | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | rare, tight | ||
Se også | meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
Kendetegner | quantity | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | abundant | ||
Engelsk biord: scarce | |||
1. | scarce only a very short time before | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | barely, hardly, just, scarcely | ||