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as in barely
by a very small margin
was scarcely able to walk after the near-fatal accident
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as in no
certainly not
I scarcely think that one person being sick is an "epidemic"
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Recent Examples of scarcely
The stakes could scarcely be higher.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
As with Disneyland, the claims for the undertaking seemed scarcely believable.
—Mark Lane, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Magyar can scarcely afford, in this time of economic hardship, to forgo Russian energy.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Olivia Miles’ lone season with TCU women’s basketball could’ve scarcely gone better, with the Notre Dame transfer leading the team to the Elite Eight and winning Big 12 Player of the Year.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
As with Disneyland, the claims for the undertaking seemed scarcely believable.
—Mark Lane, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Magyar can scarcely afford, in this time of economic hardship, to forgo Russian energy.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Olivia Miles’ lone season with TCU women’s basketball could’ve scarcely gone better, with the Notre Dame transfer leading the team to the Elite Eight and winning Big 12 Player of the Year.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarcely
Adverb
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Donations to the wealthiest colleges barely register.—
Ed Smith-Lewis,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Concern for the rights of Black voters barely broke to the surface of Alito’s opinion.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
Adverb
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Gray and Richardson are both no longer a part of the Rams’ basketball program.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Simmons is right that the glasses are super-thin, which gives them a delightful hand feel no matter the beverage.—
Jennifer Zyman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Winds on Sunday will be slightly stronger, as well.—
Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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Each bag is slightly different, all of them built to last, and the result is a bag equally at home on a boat, a beach, or a farmers’ market.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
Adverb
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Musk fires back at OpenAI attorney watch now Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Though Baudelaire was influenced by Poe’s macabre imagination, decadence never developed its own school in nineteenth-century America, then still a young country.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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When the king talked about his Christian faith, GOP lawmakers were rowdier than Democrats, many of whom offered just tepid applause.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Then, not only that, just to be able to cash in, that’s like the next step there.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Bores could hardly be blamed for steering conversations to the other planks of his platform.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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That’s hardly the only measure that’s gotten a cold reception outside the White House.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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“Scarcely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarcely. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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