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scarce::adverb | Spocien Dictionary

scarce

/skɜrs/

almost not

Type	Words
Synonyms	barely, hardly, scarcely

he was scarce sixteen years old.

they scarcely ever used the emergency generator.

scarce

/skɜrs/

only a very short time before

Type	Words
Synonyms	barely, hardly, just, scarcely

had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open.

would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave.

scarce

/skɜrs/

deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

Type	Words
Derivation	scarceness, scarcity

fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought.