Dictionary entry

Scarcely

Pronunciation: /ˈskɛːsli/

Pronunciation

/ˈskɛːsli/

Myanmar Meaning

(adv) ခဲခဲယဉ်းယဉ်း။ခဲယဉ်းစွာ။

Definition

scarcely /'skeǝsli/ adv ၁။ … မွ်ပင္မရိွ။ ေကာင္းေကာင္းမ … ။ အႏိုင္ႏိုင္။ There were scarcely a hundred people present. ❍ I scarcely know him. ❍ We can scarcely afford the rent. ၂။ … ႐ံုရိွေသး…။ လွ်င္ပင္။ Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang. ၃။ (လံုးဝမျဖစ္ႏိုင္ေၾကာင္း ေဖာ္ျပရာ၌) အက်ဲသား(ပဲ)။ You can scarcely expect me to believe that. ❍ ALMOST Compare BARELY, HARDLY ၁

Examples

  1. I can scarcely believe what’s happened.
  2. There was scarcely any traffic.
  3. We had scarcely driven a mile when the car broke down.
  4. I can scarcely refuse to help after all he’s done for me.