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Examples of scarcely
scarcely
Such a swell of investment can scarcely funnel fast enough into growth projects.
From the washingtontimes.com
The 5,000 travelling fans who comprised half the gate could scarcely believe it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Likewise, the fortunate veterans who made it home alive were scarcely unscathed.
From the bbc.co.uk
How bizarre, misconceived and baseless are its charges is scarcely be described.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
The three parted ways that evening scarcely believing what they'd decided to do.
From the theatlantic.com
Among Irwin's initial points is one that should scarcely have needed to be made.
From the theatlantic.com
She can scarcely read or write in Spanish with the education of a second-grader.
From the dallasnews.com
Sadako, scarcely able to understand what's happening, does not ask for our pity.
From the charlotteobserver.com
You can scarcely find a family in Lebanon that does not have relatives in Syria.
From the time.com
- Barely: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
- Hardly: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
- Probably not; Certainly not; Almost not at all; by a small margin
- Very little of something
