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scarce
/ˈskɛɚs/
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What does scarce mean?
adjective
- Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
- Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
proper noun
- A surname.
More meanings (1)
adverb
- (archaic, literary) Scarcely, only just.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈskɛɚs/
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See this word in context.
Then things happened with such amazing rapidity that I can scarce comprehend even now all that took place in that brief instant.
Indeed, I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," &c., but some vain thing immediately followed.
More book examples (3)
His heart rose at the sight of him, and he thought of his kind gossip till he could scarce withhold his tears.
Both enjoyed the joke, though it had its serious side, for food as well as ammunition was scarce in that backwoods home.
He looked neither one way nor the other way, but sat like a carved image with scarce a sign of active life.