Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCARCE, or SCARCE-LY
SCARCESCARCE-NESS, or SCAR-CI-TY
SCARCE, or SCARCE-LY, adv.
- Hardly; scantly. We scarcely think our miseries our foes. – Shak.
- Hardly; with difficulty. Slowly he sails, and scarcely stems the tides. – Dryden.
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