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scarcely
(encz) | scarcely,sotva |
scarcely
(encz) | scarcely,sotvaže |
scarcely
(encz) | scarcely,stěží Zdeněk Brož |
Scarcely
(gcide) | Scarce \Scarce\, Scarcely \Scarce"ly\, adv.
1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
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With a scarce well-lighted flame. --Milton.
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The eldest scarcely five year was of age. --Chaucer.
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Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides.
--Dryden.
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He had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived
who had been sent for my ransom. --W. Irving.
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2. Frugally; penuriously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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scarcely
(wn) | scarcely
adv 1: 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 [syn: barely,
hardly, just, scarcely, scarce]
2: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly
more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the
emergency generator" [syn: hardly, scarcely] |
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Scarcely
(gcide) | Scarce \Scarce\, Scarcely \Scarce"ly\, adv.
1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
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With a scarce well-lighted flame. --Milton.
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The eldest scarcely five year was of age. --Chaucer.
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Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides.
--Dryden.
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He had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived
who had been sent for my ransom. --W. Irving.
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2. Frugally; penuriously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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