Scarcely

Synonyms of scarcely

• barely
• hardly
• scantly

Antonyms of scarcely

• amply
• abundantly
• plentifully

Collocations of scarcely

scarcely believe

Frequency: 70 %

I could scarcely believe my eyes when I saw the final score.

scarcely enough

Frequency: 60 %

There was scarcely enough food left for everyone to have a second helping.

scarcely noticeable

Frequency: 45 %

The changes to the painting were scarcely noticeable to the untrained eye.

scarcely visible

Frequency: 35 %

The footprints in the snow were scarcely visible after the storm.

Idiomatic Expressions for scarcely

• Phrase: scarcely scratch the surface
  Meaning: to only cover a small part of a topic or issue
  Usage: In our discussion, we scarcely scratched the surface of the problem.