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English adverb: scarcely

1. scarcely only a very short time before


SamplesThey 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.


Synonymsbarely, hardly, just, scarce

2. scarcely almost not


SamplesHe hardly ever goes fishing.
He was hardly more than sixteen years old.
They scarcely ever used the emergency generator.


Synonymshardly









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