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English to English adjective
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deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |  | Example: fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
source: wordnet30
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Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon. | | source: webster1913 adverb
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only a very short time before | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. | | source: webster1913
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