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scarcely

British pronunciation/skˈe‍əsli/
American pronunciation/ˈskɛɹsɫi/
scarcely
[ADVERB]
1

only a very short time before

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scarcely definition and meaning
2

almost not

synonyms : barely
hardly
scarce
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Examples
1The bite had scarcely broken the skin.
2The bite had scarcely broken the skin.
3The effect of all this pollution scarcely bears thinking about.
4Scarcely, one in 100, had received adequate surgical aid.
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