scarcely
adverb
uk/ˈskeəs.li/us/ˈskers.li/scarcelyadverb(ONLY JUST)
C2
almostnot:
勉强；几乎不I was scarcelyabletomovemyarmafter theaccident.那场事故以后，我的手臂几乎不能动了。
Icouldscarcelybelieveit when she said shewantedtomarryme.当她说想要跟我结婚时，我简直无法相信。
used to say that somethinghappenedimmediatelyafter somethingelsehappened:
刚…就I had scarcelysatdown/Scarcely had Isatdown toeatwhenthephonerang.我刚坐下，电话铃就响了。
Synonyms
barely
hardly
- I scarcelyregisteredthefactthat he was there.
- I scarcelyheardhimlaughallnight.
- Thecitycentrehas scarcelychangedin over acentury.
- Shespokesoquietlythat I could scarcelyhearher.
- By thistimehe was sodrunkhe could scarcelystandup.
Merely and barely
- all
- all ofsomethingidiom
- at a pinchidiom
- barely
- but
- by a whiskeridiom
- by inchesidiom
- hardly
- ill
- inch
- just
- merely
- merest
- narrowly
- nothing
- nothing more thanidiom
- only
- pinch
- whisker
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Before, after and already
Closeness in distance and time
scarcelyadverb(NOT)
certainlynot:
决不I'd scarcely have done it if I didn'tthinkit wasabsolutelynecessary!要是当时我认为并非完全必要的话，我决不会这么干的。
He's only two - you can scarcelyblamehim forbehavingbadly.他只有两岁——不听话你也不能怪他。
Synonym
hardly
Yes, no & not
- a sure thingidiom
- affirmation
- affirmatively
- ain't
- betcha
- bit
- didn't
- dis
- does a bear/do bears shit in the woods?idiom
- far
- hardly
- no wayidiom
- not thatidiom
- slight
- sure
- wasn't
- weren't
- won't
- wouldn't be seen deadidiom
- yes
Grammar
Scarcely
Scarcely means ‘almost not at all’. It is quite formal. It usually comes in the normal mid position for adverbs (between the subject and the main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb):…