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scarcity
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The Secret Garden
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- Because they scarce ever had their stomachs full in their lives.†
p. 27.8 *scarce = in short supply OR barely or hardly (by a small margin)
- We munnot scarce breathe.†
p. 138.7
- Them as is not wanted scarce ever thrives.†
p. 141.2
- Tha'll see him flyin' backward an' for'ard carryin' worms nigh as big as himsel' an' that much noise goin' on in th' nest when he gets there as fair flusters him so as he scarce knows which big mouth to drop th' first piece in.†
p. 189.3
- —but th' trouble is that sometimes they can scarce keep from burstin' out laughin'.†
p. 220.2
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."