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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCARCELY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   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): …

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     Scarcely means ‘almost not at all’. It is quite formal. It...

   • 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...

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   The meaning of SCARCELY is by a narrow margin : only just. How to use scarcely in a sentence.

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › scarcelySCARCELY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   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): …

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   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.

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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.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionscarcely adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   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?

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   What does scarcely mean?

   • 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. He would scarcely have broken it on purpose.

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   How do you use scarcely in a sentence?

   • I scarcely knew him. She seemed scarcely aware of him. He was scarcely more than a boy. She was scarcely 18 when she made her debut. 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.

   SCARCELY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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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 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.

   scarcely, adv. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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   What is scarcely less valuable?

   • But scarcely less valuable is the gift of knowing when to call it a day. But an unsuspecting audience was confronted with a concert performance of scarcely less than the entire play. The two men passed one another with scarcely a nod.

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9. www.oed.com › dictionary › scarcely_advscarcely, adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   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.