scarcely

Meaning

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

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskɛəsli/
Etymology

In summary

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

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