scarcely

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Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more scarcely

Superlative

most scarcely

1.
(modal)Probably not.
One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.
2.
(modal)Certainly not, hardly at all.
One could scarcely expect the man to know how to fly a helicopter.
3.
(degree) Hardly: only just; by a small margin.
Scarcely had she arrived when she was put to work.

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barely hardly justonly justbarely, hardlybarely, just, hardly, only just

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English scarcely, scarsly, scarsely, scarsliche, scarseliche, equivalent to scarce + -ly.