Search Result：scarce
scarce 
(TTS Sound)
(TTS Sound)KK Pronunciation
〔 skєrs,skærs 〕
Pronunciation
〔 skєәs 〕
Overview of adj scarce
The adj scarce has 1 sense
- scarce -- (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought")
Overview of adv scarce
The adv scarce has 1 sense
- barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce -- (only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats)