scarce

Words with a similar base: scarce, scarcely

'scarce'

[scarce.a.01] as in: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

Examples:
fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought

'scarce'

[barely.r.01] as in: only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats

Examples:
they could barely hear the speaker
we hardly knew them
just missed being hit
had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave

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