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1. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › scarcelyscarcely adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   Hardly, scarcely and barely can all be used to say that something is only just true or possible. They are used with words like any and anyone, with adjectives and verbs, and are often placed between can, could, have, be, etc. and the main part of the verb: They have sold scarcely any copies of the book. I barely recognized her.

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   Scarcely - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionary

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   The meaning of SCARCELY is by a narrow margin : only just. ... Examples of scarcely in a Sentence. ... 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scarcely . Word History.

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   Scarcely means just before, hardly, or “almost not.” If you had scarcely made it to bed when the sun started to rise, you are probably pretty tired by now.

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   The adverb qualifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and adverbial phrases, and esp. numerals (nouns, adjectives, and adverbs), designations of quantity, and indefinite pronouns. In many cases it may most correctly be regarded as qualifying the whole predication, though placed in proximity to the word in the sentence to which the qualification chiefly relates.

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   SCARCELY definition: 1. almost not: 2. used to say that something happened immediately after something else happened…. Learn more.

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   Is scarcely an adverb?

   • Scarcely may have just made it in the nick of time and by the skin of its teeth, but it’s here now, even if it is just barely hanging on — which means you can scarcely accuse it of not showing up. Though an ly adverb, scarcely is unusual in that it is not so much a descriptor of its root adjective as a synonym of the adverb form scarce.

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   What does scarcely mean in a sentence?

   • He's only two - you can scarcely blame him for behaving badly. Scarcely means ‘almost not at all’. It is quite formal. It usually comes in the normal mid position for adverbs (between the subject and the main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb): … I could scarcely move my arm after the accident.

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   What is the difference between hardly and scarcely?

   • If we use scarcely in front position, we invert the subject and the verb. This usage is quite formal: Scarcely had the demonstration started when trouble broke out and the police moved in to arrest people. In all of the examples above, we can use hardly instead of scarcely. Scarcely is more formal and less common than hardly.

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   What does scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened?

   • If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles. Bruce had scarcely shaken our hands when the phone rang. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What is the tense of scarcely scacely come to Mannes state?

   • With reference to time: Barely, only just. Chiefly with pluperfect tense, before a clause introduced by when or before. Augustus beeyng scacely come to mannes state was putte to haue dooynges in the commenweale. He is scarcely seated before every body present begins to form some notion of his character.

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   What does I could scarcely believe mean?

   • I could scarcely believe that she had once killed someone. (after modal could = I could almost not believe it at all) We can also use scarcely when something happens immediately after something else: Lena had scarcely got through the door when the phone rang. It was Mrs Bate. (Lena entered the house; the phone rang immediately.)

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   2 meanings: 1. hardly at all; only just 2. often ironic probably not or definitely not.... Click for more definitions.