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Definition of scarcely : 1. Frugally; penuriously.
2. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.

Synonyms:

exactly, scarce, only, barely, precisely, simply, near, hardly, only just, just, but, just now, merely

meagerly, inadequately, sparsely, niggardly, skimpily, poorly, insufficiently, scantily, miserly, deficiently, stingily

Usage examples:

• Scarcely knowing what I did, I began to move towards the door. - "Simon Dale", Anthony Hope.
• " Since you ask, I scarcely think it does," he said. - "A Damaged Reputation", Harold Bindloss.
• I even felt that it was scarcely anything. - "The Garden Of Allah", Robert Hichens.