deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought'

only a very short time before; 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- W.B.Yeats

[ Syn: barely , barely , hardly , hardly , just , just , scarcely , scarcely , barely , barely , hardly , hardly , just , just , scarcely , scarcely , barely , barely , hardly , hardly , just , just , scarcely , scarcely , barely , barely , hardly , hardly , just , just , scarcely , scarcely ]