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Adverb: scarcely  skehs-lee
  1. Only a very short time before
    "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
    - barely, hardly, just, scarce
     
  2. Almost not
    "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
    - hardly

See also: scarce

Nearest

scarab
scarabaean
scarabaeid
scarabaeid beetle
Scarabaeidae
scarabaeus
Scarabaeus sacer
Scaramouch
Scaramouche
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scarceness
scarcity
Scardinius
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
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scare quote
scarecrow
scarecrowish