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Adverb: scarcely  skehs-lee
  1. Only a very short time before
    "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open";
    - barely, hardly, just, scarce
     
  2. Almost not
    "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator";
    - hardly, barely, scarce

Nearest

scarab
scarabaean
scarabaeid
scarabaeid beetle
Scarabaeidae
scarabaeus
Scarabaeus sacer
Scaramouch
Scaramouche
scarce
scarcely
scarceness
scarcity
Scardinius
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
scare
scare away
scare off
scare quote
scare the bejesus
scarecrow