96 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ skˈe͡əsli], [ skˈe‍əsli], [ s_k_ˈeə_s_l_i]

Similar words for scarcely:

• barely (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• infrequently (adverb)
• just (adverb)
• little (adverb)
• narrowly (adverb)
• off-and-on (adverb)
• other relevant words (adverb)
• seldom (adverb)
• infrequently (adverb)
• insufficiently (adverb)
• just (adverb)
• little (adverb)
• narrowly (adverb)
• off-and-on (adverb)
• seldom (adverb)
• slowly (adverb)
• scarce (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words

Paraphrases for scarcely

Homophones for scarcely

Synonyms for Scarcely:

• adj.

  • barely (adjective)
  • more scantily,
  • most almost,
  • more almost,
  • hardliest,
  • most scantily,
  • most scarcely,
  • hardlier,
  • more scarcely.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • only just,
  • barely,
  • quantity,
  • scantily.

• adv

  • infrequently (adverb)
  • sporadically,
  • now then,
  • seldom,
  • not regularly,
  • sparingly.
  • just (adverb)
  • a moment ago,
  • by very little,
  • just now,
  • at this moment,
  • right now.
  • little (adverb)
  • not often,
  • a little,
  • hardly ever.
  • narrowly (adverb)
  • by a hair,
  • by narrow margin,
  • painstakingly,
  • by a whisker,
  • scrutinizingly.
  • off-and-on (adverb)
  • when the mood strikes,
  • alternately,
  • at irregular intervals,
  • very seldom.
  • Other relevant words: (adverb)
  • narrowly,
  • just barely,
  • just,
  • off-and-on,
  • little.
  • 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.

• adv.

  • infrequently (adverb)
  • infrequently.
  • insufficiently (adverb)
  • meagerly,
  • miserly,
  • skimpily,
  • stingily,
  • sparsely,
  • deficiently,
  • insufficiently,
  • poorly,
  • niggardly,
  • inadequately.
  • just (adverb)
  • just a while ago.
  • little (adverb)
  • not quite,
  • least,
  • not many.
  • narrowly (adverb)
  • by hair,
  • by whisker.
  • off-and-on (adverb)
  • off on,
  • when mood strikes.
  • seldom (adverb)
  • once in a while.
  • slowly (adverb)
  • imperceptibly.

• 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.
  • Other relevant words:
  • rarely,
  • hardly,
  • undiscernibly.

Paraphrases for Scarcely:

• Independent

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

Homophones for Scarcely:

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