Synonym: barely, hardly, just, scarce. Similar words: parcel, scare, scared, scary, discard, carcinomas, cell, cancel. Meaning: ['skerslɪ /-keəs-] 
adv. 1. by a small margin 2. almost not.
adv. 1. by a small margin 2. almost not. 
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61. Such an idea was scarcely thinkable ten years ago.
62. She could scarcely stop herself from crying aloud.
63. You can scarcely expect me to believe that.
64. He's only two - you can scarcely blame him for behaving badly.
65. As an exercise in stating the obvious, this could scarcely be faulted.
66. Early March is scarcely the time of year for sailing.
67. Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang.
68. Rachel's arrival on the scene had unleashed passions in him that he could scarcely control.
69. That Rous was a snob and a social climber could scarcely be denied.
70. Scarcely had I stepped out of the house but I heard a shot within.
71. I had scarcely sat down/Scarcely had I sat down to eat when the phone rang.
72. It was getting dark and she could scarcely see in front of her.
73. These people can scarcely afford to buy food, still less luxury goods like perfume.
74. Her voice was scarcely audible above the noise of the wind.
75. Scarcely a breath of air disturbed the stillness of the day.
76. Such food as they gave us was scarcely fit to eat.
77. By this time I was totally slewed and could scarcely stand up!
78. The ink was scarcely dry on the ceasefire agreement before fighting broke out again.
79. Scarcely a day goes by when I don't think of him.
80. He scarcely has enough money to keep body and soul together.
81. I could scarcely believe it when she said she wanted to marry me.
82. I scarcely knew him.
83. He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door.
84. Anthony was in a very sober mood - I scarcely heard him laugh all night.
85. I'd scarcely have done it if I didn't think it was absolutely necessary.
86. He scarcely earns enough to keep himself and his family.
87. I found myself swept up in the social whirl of college life and scarcely had time for work.
88. Our budget is scarcely sufficient to pay people,(www.Sentencedict.com) let alone buy any new equipment.
89. Scarcely had the game started when it began to rain.
90. As he read the poem out loud, he mangled the rhythm so badly that it scarcely made any sense.