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- Scarcely is an adverb that means the same as `hardly’.
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The meaning of SCARCELY is by a narrow margin : only just. How to use scarcely in a sentence.
used to say that something happens immediately after something else happens. He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang. Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain. used to suggest that something is not at all reasonable or likely. It was scarcely an occasion for laughter. She could scarcely complain, could she?
What does the adverb scarcely mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adverb scarcely , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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): We scarcely had time to think and had to act immediately.
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): …
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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adverb [ADVERB before verb] You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way. It can scarcely be coincidence.
