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SCARCELY definition: 1. almost not: 2. used to say that something happened immediately after something else happened…. Learn more.
- English (US)
SCARCELY meaning: 1. almost not: 2. used to say that...
- Znaczenie Scarcely, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
scarcely definicja: 1. almost not: 2. used to say that...
- Scarcely: Catalan Translation
scarcely translate: a penes. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Scarcely: Korean Translation
scarcely translate: 거의-하지 않는. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Scarcely: Italian Translation
SCARCELY translate: appena, appena, a malapena, a malapena....
- Scarcely in German
scarcely translate: kaum, wohl kaum. Learn more in the...
- Portuguese Translation
SCARCELY translate: quase não, mal, apenas, mal, mal. Learn...
- Scarcely in Arabic
SCARCELY translate: قَلَّما. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- English (US)
Hardly and scarcely can mean ‘almost not at all’ or ‘only just’. Hardly is much more common than scarcely, and scarcely is more formal: Jen was so tired. She could scarcely keep her eyes open. I hardly know them. I’ve only met them once.
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. Yesterday, however, his views seemed scarcely relevant. It was scarcely in their interest to let too many people know.
The meaning of SCARCELY is by a narrow margin : only just. How to use scarcely in a sentence.
hardly, though often interchangeable with scarcely and barely, usually emphasizes the idea of the difficulty involved: We could hardly endure the winter. barely emphasizes the narrowness of the margin of safety, “only just and no more”: We barely succeeded. scarcely implies a very narrow margin, below satisfactory performance: He can ...
Hardly, scarcely and barely are negative words and should not be used with not or other negatives: I can’t hardly believe it. You can also use hardly , scarcely and barely to say that one thing happens immediately after another:
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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.
