scarcely

scarcely /'skeəsli/
  • phó từ
    • vừa vặn, vừa mới
      • I had scarcely arrived when I was told was told to go back: tôi vừa mới đến thì được lệnh quay trở về
    • chắc chắn là không, không
      • he can scarcely have said so: chắc chắn là anh ấy đã không nói như thế
      • I scarcely know what to say: tôi không biết nói cái gì bây giờ

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scarcely

Từ điển WordNet

    adv.

  • by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats; barely, hardly, just, scarce
  • almost not; hardly

    he hardly ever goes fishing

    he was hardly more than sixteen years old

    they scarcely ever used the emergency generator


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: barely hardly just scarce