All 13 Uses
scarcity
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
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- what, from feeling's deepest fountain springing,
Scarce from the stammering lips had faintly passed,
Now, hopeful, venturing forth, now shyly clinging,
To the wild moment's cry a prey is cast.†Chpt Allscarce = in short supply OR barely or hardly (by a small margin) - their miseries seem so much to please 'em,
I scarce can find it in my heart to tease 'em.†Chpt All * - And well prepared in every part;
Study each paragraph by heart,
So that you scarce may need to look
To see that he says no more than's in the book;
And when he dictates, be at your post,
As if you wrote for the Holy Ghost!†Chpt All - I fear the easy life and free
With my long beard will scarce agree.†Chpt All - I vote, we give him leave himself here scarce to make.†
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- The mother sent for a priest (they're cunning);
Who scarce had found what game was running,
When he rolled his greedy eyes like a lizard,
And, "all is rightly disposed," said he,
"Who conquers wins, for a certainty.†Chpt All - I scarce can keep my knees from sinking!†
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- The holy sacraments thou scarce reverest.†
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- Best man, when thou dost look at me,
I know not what, moves me to do thy will;
I have already done so much for thee,
Scarce any thing seems left me to fulfil.†Chpt All - The mountain's magic-mad to-night,
And if your guide's to be a Jack-o'lantern's light,
Strict rectitude you'll scarce require.†Chpt All - thou scarce canst see the end.†
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- Old gentlemen, you scarce can hear the fiddle!†
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- Scarce true doth it seem.†
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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."