scarcely
/ˈskɛːsli/
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American sound/ˈskɛːsli/
scarcely
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scar - ce - ly -> scarcely
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၁။ … မျှပင်မရှိ။ ကောင်းကောင်းမ … ။ အနိုင်နိုင်။ There were scarcely a hundred people present. ❍ I scarcely know him. ❍ We can scarcely afford the rent.
၂။ … ရုံရှိသေး…။ လျှင်ပင်။ Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang.
၃။ (လုံးဝမဖြစ်နိုင်ကြောင်း ဖော်ပြရာ၌) အကျဲသား(ပဲ)။ You can scarcely expect me to believe that. ❍ ALMOST Compare BARELY, HARDLY ၁
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