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scarcely
Pronunciation:
'skehslee
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Definition:
[adv]
by
a
small
margin
; "
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
"-
W
.
B
.
Yeats
[adv]
almost
not
; "
he
hardly
ever
goes
fishing
"; "
he
was
hardly
more
than
sixteen
years
old
"; "
they
scarcely
ever
used
the
emergency
generator
"
 
Synonyms:
barely
,
hardly
,
just
,
scarce
 
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