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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91. It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out the window.
92. It's hardly/scarcely/not surprising you're putting on weight, considering how much you're eating.
93. Ultimately, Bismarck's revisionism scarcely affected or damaged British interests at all.
94. With the economy in the worst recession for thirty years, it was scarcely the most propitious time to start up a company.
95. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles.
96. He had scarcely put the phone down when the doorbell rang.
97. Scarcely had I seen him than he spoke to me.
98. I scarcely have leisure for/ to play tennis this afternoon.
99. With scarcely any funding and a staff of six, they were operating on a wing and a prayer.
100. In his sleepy state, the sound of a car driving up to the house scarcely impinged on his consciousness.
101. I scarcely know him.
102. In fact he could scarcely have spent his time more profitably.
103. This policy is scarcely consonant with the government's declared aims.
104. Such rudeness is scarcely supportable.
105. It was scarcely an auspicious beginning.
106. We've scarcely any money left.
107. There was scarcely a breath of wind.
108. He could scarcely believe his good fortune.
109. Scarcely a single social problem was left untouched.
110. The fifth one scarcely reads at sixth grade level.
111. Interior space is scarcely distinguishable from exterior.
112. He scarcely made a false move.
113. Well, well, well,(http://sentencedict.com/scarcely.html) I can scarcely believe it.
114. Henman will be bitterly disappointed but scarcely surprised.
115. Scarcely anyone ever went near that closet.
116. It can scarcely be coincidence.
117. He was scarcely out of school before he had patented a rock-boring machine for coal mines.
118. I think myself that this was the case, and that it scarcely makes him very different from many other hard-working people.
119. The look in his eyes is so haunted and imploring that Blue can scarcely turn his own eyes away.
120. Bidets are scarcely inexpensive, ranging from $ 250 to $ 800 just for the fixture.