Scarcely
Scarcely adverb - By a very small margin.
With difficulty and scarcely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "With difficulty" instead an adverb "Scarcely".
With difficulty
Scarcely and with difficulty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scarcely" instead an adverb phrase "With difficulty".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and scarcely
- just and with difficulty
- hard and scarcely
- hard and with difficulty
- ill and scarcely
- ill and with difficulty
- poorly and scarcely
- poorly and with difficulty
- barely and scarcely
- barely and with difficulty
- hardly and scarcely
- hardly and with difficulty
- infrequently and scarcely
- infrequently and with difficulty
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With difficulty and Scarcely. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/scarcely/with_difficulty
Scarcely & With difficulty. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/scarcely/with_difficulty>.
With difficulty or Scarcely. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/scarcely/with_difficulty.
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