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May 27, 2012
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scarce•ly



Pronunciation: (skârs'lē), [key]
—adv.
1. barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
2. definitely not: This is scarcely the time to raise such questions.
3. probably not: You could scarcely have chosen better.

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