Both Uses of
scarcity
in
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
- I made myself scarce, having no wish to be questioned about it in Miraz's torture chamber.†
Chpt 7 *scarce = in short supply OR barely or hardly (by a small margin)
- And talking of breakfast, I didn't want to discourage your Majesties when you said you hoped King Caspian would give you a good one: but meat's precious scarce in camp.†
Chpt 9
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) 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."