scarcely
Meaning
- (modal) Probably not.
- (modal) Certainly not, hardly at all.
- Hardly: only just; by a small margin.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskɛəsli/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English scarcely, scarsly, scarsely, scarsliche, scarseliche, equivalent to scarce + -ly.
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