Scarce
adverbskɜrs
Adjective
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
“fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought”
See also:StingyMeagerlyMeagre
Adverb
almost not
“he was scarce sixteen years old”
“they scarcely ever used the emergency generator”
only a very short time before
“had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open”
“would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave”
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