There are scarcely any flowers in our garden.
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Scarcely
//ˈskɛəsli//
Synonyms for "scarcely" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
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Translations
46 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μόλις adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Bulgarian
3 entries- едва adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- едва ли adv (probably not)
- съвсем не adv (certainly not)
Czech
3 entries- sotva adv (probably not)
- sotva adv (certainly not)
- sotva adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Dutch
2 entries- amper adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- nauwelijks adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Esperanto
1 entries- apenaŭ adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Finnish
4 entries- hädin tuskin adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- tuskin adv (probably not)
- tuskin adv (certainly not)
- tuskin adv (almost not, by a small margin)
French
2 entries- guère adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- à peine adv (almost not, by a small margin)
German
1 entries- kaum adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅 adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Hungarian
4 entries- alig adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- aligha adv (probably not)
- bajosan adv (probably not)
- nemigen adv (probably not)
Irish
4 entries- ar éigean adv (probably not)
- ar éigean adv (certainly not)
- ní móide adv (probably not)
- ní móide adv (certainly not)
Latin
3 entries- haud adv (certainly not)
- haud adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- vix adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Portuguese
2 entries- dificilmente adv (probably not)
- mal adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Russian
4 entries- вря́д ли adv (probably not)
- е́ле adv (probably not)
- е́ле-е́ле adv (probably not)
- едва́ adv (probably not)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- air èiginn adv (probably not)
- air èiginn adv (certainly not)
- air èiginn adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Spanish
2 entries- apenas adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- difícilmente adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Swedish
1 entries- knappt adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Walloon
2 entries- a poenne adv (almost not, by a small margin)
- a schipe adv (almost not, by a small margin)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Scarcely had I reached home before the telephone rang.
Source: tatoeba (24203)
Scarcely had the rain stopped before a rainbow appeared.
Source: tatoeba (26978)
Scarcely an hour goes by that I don't I think of you with love.
Source: tatoeba (27752)
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