What is a synonym for "scace"?

Common synonyms include: hardly, rare, scarcely, tight, threadbare, almost unheard-of.

Scace

adj, adv

adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Alternative form of scarce. alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete

Adverb

1
Alternative form of scarce. alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
"and when we had ſayled ſlowly many dayes / and ſcace were come over agaynſt Gnydon (be cauſe the wynde with ſtode vs) we ſaled harde by the coſtes off Candy / over agaynſte Salmo."

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hardly rare scarcely tight threadbare almost unheard-of

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"and when we had ſayled ſlowly many dayes / and ſcace were come over agaynſt Gnydon (be cauſe the wynde with ſtode vs) we ſaled harde by the coſtes off Candy / over agaynſte Salmo."

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