Certainly not
Scarcely and certainly not are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Scarcely" with "Certainly not", this terms are similar.
Scarcely
Scarcely adverb - By a very small margin.
Certainly not and scarcely are semantically related in surely not topic. Sometimes you can use "Certainly not" instead an adverb "Scarcely".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hardly and certainly not
- hardly and scarcely
- not quite and certainly not
- not quite and scarcely
- no and certainly not
- no and scarcely
- by no means and certainly not
- by no means and scarcely
- not at all and certainly not
- not at all and scarcely
- not and certainly not
- not and scarcely
- noways and certainly not
- noways and scarcely
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Scarcely and Certainly not. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/certainly_not/scarcely
Certainly not & Scarcely. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/certainly_not/scarcely>.
Scarcely or Certainly not. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/certainly_not/scarcely.
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