English dictionary
scarce
adjectivePronunciation
ˈskɛəs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
adverb
- only a very short time before
adverb
- almost not
Example sentences
fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
we hardly knew them
had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
{'source': 'W.B.Yeats', 'text': 'would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave'}
he hardly ever goes fishing
he was scarce sixteen years old
they scarcely ever used the emergency generator
I can hardly hear what she is saying
she barely seemed to notice him