scarcely

Meaning

  1. (modal) Probably not.
  2. (modal) Certainly not, hardly at all.
  3. Hardly: only just; by a small margin.

Synonyms

barely
B1
hardly
B1
only just
just
A1
narrowly
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rarely
C1

with difficulty

scarce
C2
seldom
C2
merely
B2
only
A1
scantily
about
A1

just barely

about to
a little
almost
A1
exactly
A1
hard
A1

just a little

no
A1
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slightly
B2
tenuously

certainly not

hardly any

Translations

appena
amper
nauwelijks
apenas
à peine
escasamente
kaum
dificilmente
ternauwernood
scarsamente
guère

μόλις

knapp
kwalijk
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Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskɛəsli/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
scarcely
In summary

From Middle English scarcely, scarsly, scarsely, scarsliche, scarseliche, equivalent to scarce + -ly.

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