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scarcely

/ˈskɛːsli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈskɛːsli/
scarcely
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

scar - ce - ly -> scarcely

Myanmar meaning

(adv) ခဲခဲယဉ်းယဉ်း။ခဲယဉ်းစွာ။

Full entry

scarcely /'skeǝsli/ adv

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

More examples
  • I can scarcely believe what’s happened.
  • There was scarcely any traffic.
  • We had scarcely driven a mile when the car broke down.
  • I can scarcely refuse to help after all he’s done for me.
Synonyms
barely, hardly, not quite, only just, just, narrowly, imperceptibly, infrequently, just barely, not at all, rarely, scantily, seldom, slightly
Antonyms
adequately, commonly, frequently, fully, sufficiently
Cross references
barelyhardlynot quiteonly justjustnarrowlyimperceptiblyinfrequentlyjust barelynot at allrarelyscantilyseldomslightlyadequatelycommonlyfrequentlyfullysufficientlyaffordalmostbelievecancompareexpecthadhimhundred
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