Both Uses
scarcity
in
Antony and Cleopatra
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- Nay, hear them, Antony: Fulvia perchance is angry; or who knows If the scarce-bearded Caesar have not sent His powerful mandate to you: 'Do this or this; Take in that kingdom and enfranchise that; Perform't, or else we damn thee.'†
Scene 1.1 *scarce = in short supply OR barely or hardly (by a small margin)
- Thou hast, Ventidius, that Without the which a soldier and his sword Grants scarce distinction.†
Scene 3.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(scarcity) shortage (having an amount that is less than desired)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely (and typically in classic literature), scarce can be short for scarcely or hardly or barely or by a small margin -- such as in "She was scarce ten years old," or "I scarce know why."