Synonyms for scarcely
Definitions
- adv. 1
Hardly: only just; by a small margin.
Scarcely had she arrived when she was put to work.
Example sentences
- hardly He studied hard, hardly taking time out for lunch.
- barely Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.
- rarely I'm such a coward that I rarely visit the dentist.
- seldom She is very careful, so she seldom makes mistakes.
By length
- 4 letters
- just1, seld
- 6 letters
- hardly2, barely2, rarely2, merely2, seldom2, scarce1
- 7 letters
- unoften
- 8 letters
- slightly2
- 10 letters
- uncommonly4
- 12 letters
- infrequently4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hardly2 = 2 syllables).