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   scarcely

   /ˈskɛːsli/

   adverb

   • 1. only just; almost not: "her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying" Similar hardlybarelyonly justalmost not
   • ▪ only a very short time before: "she had scarcely dismounted before the door swung open"
   • ▪ used to suggest that something is unlikely to be or certainly not the case: "they could scarcely all be wrong" Similar rarelyseldominfrequentlynot oftenhardly everalmost neveron rare occasionsevery once in a whileinformal:once in a blue moonsurely notnothardlycertainly notdefinitely notnot at allon no accountunder no circumstancesby no meansnowayOpposite often

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • Y

     4

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