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English adjective: scarce | |||
| 1. | scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand | ||
| Samples | Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought. | ||
| Similar | rare, tight | ||
| See also | meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
| Attribute | quantity | ||
| Antonyms | abundant | ||
English adverb: scarce | |||
| 1. | scarce only a very short time before | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | barely, hardly, just, scarcely | ||
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