Both Uses
scarcity
in
The Last Battle
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- My dream led me into your world scarce ten minutes since.†
Chpt 5 *scarce = in short supply OR barely or hardly (by a small margin)
- If she had Dryad's blood in her she could scarce do it better.†
Chpt 6
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."