All 7 Uses
scarcity
in
Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
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- When the tray was loaded so heavily I could scarce lift it, Madam preceded me down the hall and waited by the closed door to the library.†
p. 86.7 *scarce = in short supply OR barely or hardly (by a small margin)
- I could scarce credit the number, but it was on everyone's lips.†
p. 112.5
- I could scarce credit it.†
p. 208.4
- I could scarce credit how hungry men with frozen feet could win a war.†
p. 240.5
- Folks could scarce credit it.†
p. 255.9
- Folks could scarce credit this, neither.†
p. 256.6
- I could scarce recognize me.†
p. 285.9
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) 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."