scarcely

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats
  2. adverb almost not

Etymology

From Middle English scarcely, scarsly, scarsely, scarsliche, scarseliche, equivalent to scarce + -ly.

In classic literature

Synonyms

barely, hardly, just, scarce

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