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scarce
/skɜrs/
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scarce
adverb
almost not
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"he was scarce sixteen years old"
"they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
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barely
hardly
scarcely
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adverb
only a very short time before
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"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
"would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"
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barely
hardly
just
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adjective
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
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"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
Similar:
tight
rare
Opposite:
abundant
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Synonyms & Similar Words
just
tight
hardly
barely
rare
stingy
scarcely
meager
scarcity
meagre
meagerly
scrimpy
scarceness
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