scarcely

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adverb

1. only a very short time before (Freq. 10)
- 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
• Syn:
barely, hardly, just, scarce
2. almost not
- he hardly ever goes fishing
- he was hardly more than sixteen years old
- they scarcely ever used the emergency generator
• Syn:
hardly
• Derived from adjective:
scarce

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hardly, barely, just, scarce