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Definition of Scarcely

Scarcely
Scarce Scarce, Scarcely Scarce"ly, adv. 1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. With a scarce well-lighted flame. --Milton. The eldest scarcely five year was of age. --Chaucer. Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides. --Dryden. He had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived who had been sent for my ransom. --W. Irving. 2. Frugally; penuriously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Scarcely from wikipedia

- to the practical applications of this discussion, other sciences are "scarcely worth a ****-hing." Copies of the essay were privately printed by Franklin...
- paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground — The Roof was scarcely visible — The Cornice — in the Ground — Since then — 'tis Centuries — and...
- premise, tone, and general approach, which left the disparate seasons scarcely recognizable as being two halves of the same series. The first season of...
- an indigenous people of Ecuador. They once spoke the unclassified and scarcely attested Palta language. "Palta". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 6...
- haemochromatosis (microscopy, 10x magnified): Parts of normal pink tissue are scarcely present. Specialty Endocrinology, hepatology  Differential diagnosis Haemochromatosis...
- philosophers, both in weight of authority, and in plenitude of utility". Cicero scarcely exaggerated; the Twelve Tables formed the basis of Roman law for a thousand...
- island. However, until the post-Second World War era, the outer suburbs scarcely existed. Most of New Providence was uncultivated bush until Loyalists were...
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- French occupation of the region licenses for fur trading had been issued scarcely and only to select groups of traders, whereas the British, in an effort...
- the last three or four centuries BC. With respect to content, there is scarcely any difference between the two groups of texts. Babylonian mathematics...