English
rank|enemy|perfect|bright|731|scarcely|Paris|expression|Duke
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�sk��sli/
(General American|US) IPA|/�sk�ɹsli/
audio|en-us-scarcely.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: scarce·ly
Adverb
scarcely
- In a scarce manner; hardly; not much or at all.
::*Baltasar Gracian.(Philosopher)
::Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Usage notes
It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
Compare We scarcely ever eat fish. with We almost never eat fish.
Synonyms
barely
hardly
rarely
seldom
Translations
trans-top|in a scarce manner
Dutch: amper, nauwelijks
Finnish: tuskin, vaivoin
trans-mid
Latin: vix
Portuguese: t-|pt|dificilmente
trans-bottom
fr:scarcely
io:scarcely
it:scarcely
hu:scarcely
fi:scarcely
te:scarcely
vi:scarcely
zh:scarcely
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