Definition for Scarcely:

• Barely; not quite; hardly.

Synonyms for Scarcely:

• adj.

  •barely (adjective)
  • more scantily,
  • most almost,
  • more almost,
  • hardliest,
  • most scantily,
  • most scarcely,
  • hardlier,
  • more scarcely.

• adv.

  •seldom (adverb)
  • once in a while.
  •slowly (adverb)
  • imperceptibly.

• adv

  •seldom (adverb)
  • Unoften,
  • once in a blue moon,
  • inhabitually,
  • scarcely ever,
  • not very often,
  • once in blue moon,
  • Semioccasionally,
  • in a few cases,
  • a few times,
  • whimsically.

• n.

  •
  • neither...nor (...nor),
  • far from it,
  • actually,
  • in no/not in any way, shape, or form,
  • not think for a minute/moment (that),
  • nothing could be farther from the truth,
  • anything but,
  • no such thing.
  •
  • all but,
  • near.
  •
  • most.
  •scarce (noun)
  • scarce.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • near miss,
  • not particularly,
  • almost,
  • well-nigh,
  • borderline.
  •
  • practically,
  • nearly,
  • warm.
  •
  • go on.
  •
  • get on.
  •
  • close.
  •rarely
  • seldom.
  •seldom
  • infrequently.

Paraphrases for Scarcely:

• Independent

  • Adverb
    sparsely, rarely, practically, almost, virtually, only, little, nearly, just, seldom, weakly, thinly, merely, infrequently, marginally, surely, largely, shortly, minimally, sparingly, difficult, insufficiently, slightly, narrowly, simply, roughly, inadequately, less, essentially, solely, exactly, basically, certainly, very.

Antonyms for Scarcely:

• adv.

  • barely
    sufficiently, adequately, commonly, frequently.
  • Other antonyms:
    copiously, generously, definitely, assuredly, abundantly, really, certainly, quite, most, significantly, rather, hugely, awful, enormously, unequivocally, more or less, awfully, completely, well, positively, greatly, fully, considerably, truly, extremely, hands down, very, terribly, utterly, slightly, immensely, somewhat, doubtless, highly, mightily, substantially, mostly, surely, plainly, absolutely, vastly, perfectly, mighty, easily, unquestionably, clearly, exceedingly.

Scarcely Sentence Examples:

• I am sure I don't know and I scarcely dare believe it.

• You know I scarcely knew her, and I - I shall be sure to like any one you like, after all.

Homophones for Scarcely:

• screakily, shark oil, scraggly, screech owl, seriously, sugar shell, surgical, square sail, seraglio.