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scarcely

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskɛərsli/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈskɛrsli/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(skârslē)


scarcely
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Sense: Adverb: by a small margin
Synonyms:
barely Collocations, hardly Collocations, faintly, only just, by a hair, by a nose, just Collocations, a tiny bit, a tiny amount, merely Collocations
Sense: Adverb: almost not
Synonyms:
almost not, only just, hardly Collocations, barely Collocations, not quite, very nearly, nearly Collocations, just short of, just shy of
Sense: Adverb: rarely
Synonyms:
rarely Collocations, hardly Collocations, hardly ever, almost never, seldom Collocations, infrequently, scarcely ever, once in a blue moon, only rarely

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