scarcely
/ˈskeəsli/adverb
उच्चारण स्केअर्स्ली
मुश्किल से, शायद ही
Basic word
- 1
only just; almost not; used to say that something happens immediately after something else; used to suggest that something is not reasonable
मुश्किल से, शायद ही
- I could scarcely believe it.
- Scarcely had she left when it rained.
- There was scarcely any water left in the well.
+ 2 more examples
- He had scarcely sat down when the phone rang.
- Scarcely a day passes without some news of the match.
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
Scarcely has a negative meaning, so do not add not ('I can scarcely see', not 'can't scarcely'); 'Scarcely ... when' (not 'than'), with inversion at the start ('Scarcely had I reached the station when the train left'); the same pattern is used with hardly ('Hardly had ... when'); but 'No sooner ... than'.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: scarcely का अर्थ नकारात्मक है, इसलिए not न जोड़ें ('I can scarcely see', 'can't scarcely' नहीं); 'Scarcely ... when' ('than' नहीं), आरंभ में inversion के साथ ('Scarcely had I reached the station when the train left'); यही pattern hardly के साथ है ('Hardly had ... when'); पर 'No sooner ... than'।
The adjective scarce means not enough ('Water is scarce in summer').
Adjective scarce का अर्थ पर्याप्त नहीं, दुर्लभ है ('Water is scarce in summer')।