Engelsk adjektiv: scarce | |||
1. | scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought. | ||
Uttrykk med lignende betydning | rare, tight | ||
Se også | meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
Kjennetegner disse uttrykkene | quantity | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | abundant | ||
Engelsk adverb: 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | barely, hardly, just, scarcely | ||