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n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
adv.
Scarcely. See Unnethe.
adv.
With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath.
adv.
Scarcely; hardly; barely.
v. i.
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
a.
Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.
superl.
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
superl.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
adv.
Alt. of Scarcely
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
adv.
Scarcely; hardly.
n.
Alt. of Scarcity
superl.
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
adv.
With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
a.
To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
v.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
adv.
Not easily; hardly; scarcely.
adv.
Frugally; penuriously.
superl.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
n.
An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
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