scarcely
IPA: skˈɛrsɫi
adverb
- (modal) Probably not.
- (modal) Certainly not.
- (degree) Hardly: only just; by a small margin.
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Examples of "scarcely" in Sentences
- The officers scarcely knew the difference.
- Aboriginal, ancient and scarcely knowable it is.
- The highway is scarcely noticeable to the visitors.
- It was scarcely mentioned in the presidential campaigns.
- The whole of the eastern half is bare, mountainous and scarcely inhabited.
- The eastern half of the peninsula is bare, mountainous and scarcely habited.
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