āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
scarcely
/skËeâÉsli/
01
āĻ¸āĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻž
almost not; only just enough
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She could scarcely stand after the long walk.
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻŦā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻž
almost immediately before something else happened
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The guests had scarcely arrived before the party started.
āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽāĻ, āĻāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§
very unlikely to happen or be true
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She could scarcely arrive before noon.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
scarcely
scarce
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
