scarcely

adverbB2 · Upper-intermediate

Almost not, hardly at all.

Meaning of «scarcely»

adverb

almost not, hardly at all

I could scarcely believe the good news at first.

Translation

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«scarcely» in 17 languages

AR العربية

AZ Azərbaycan

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HI हिन्दी

ID Indonesia

JA 日本語

KO 한국어

PT Português

RO Română

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TH ไทย

TR Türkçe

UK Українська

UZ O‘zbek

VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

almost not at all

hardlyalmost not; very littleI can hardly hear you.

barelyonly just; with great effortShe was so tired she could barely walk.

scarcelyformalhardly; a bit formalThere was scarcely any food left.

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