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scarce
adjective
adverb
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
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ˈskɛəs
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adjective
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
“fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought”
adverb
only a very short time before
“we hardly knew them”
adverb
almost not
“he hardly ever goes fishing”
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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
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