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Synonyms for SCARCELY: barely, slightly, just, narrowly, hardly, almost, marginally, somewhat; Antonyms of SCARCELY: substantially, well, significantly, considerably, quite, easily, vastly, definitely.
in no way. by no means. not at all. not in the least. hardly. on no account. Synonyms for scarcely from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.
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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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1 (adverb) in the sense of hardly. Definition. hardly at all. He could scarcely breathe. Synonyms. hardly. barely. only just. scarce (archaic) almost not. See examples for synonyms. 2 (adverb) in the sense of by no means. Definition. probably or definitely not. (often ironic) It can scarcely be coincidence. Synonyms. by no means. hardly.
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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.