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Scarcely

//ˈskɛəsli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Probably not. modal

    "One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program."

  2. 2
    Certainly not, hardly at all. modal

    "One could scarcely expect the man to know how to fly a helicopter."

  3. 3
    Hardly: only just; by a small margin.

    "Scarcely had she arrived when she was put to work."

Adverb
  1. 1
    only a very short time before wordnet
  2. 2
    almost not wordnet

Etymology

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

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