Light and Scarce

Light

Light adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: traffic on the highway seems to be very light today

Scarce and light are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scarce" instead an adjective "Light".

Scarce

Scarce adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: food was a bit scarce last winter

Light and scarce are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Light" instead an adjective "Scarce".

Nearby Words: scarcity, scarcely, scarceness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Fantastic Light Source Trolls from Malediction Trilogy do not use any external light sources in their city (which is very convenient, since it is buried under the mountain, so fuel is scarce and smoke would be a problem).
  • Scarce are these dark cases in the golden light of Equestria's civilized culture.
  • Tidally Locked Planet Another DC story states Krypton used to be tidally locked, with early civilisations from both light and dark sides warring over scarce resources from the habitable twilight zone.
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