scarcelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈskɛːsli/, U.S.

/ˈskɛ(ə)rsli/

Forms: see scarce adj.; also α. Middle English skarschliche, 1500s ( charsely), Scottish scairslie, skarslie, skirslie, skayirslye, 1500s, 1700s Scottish skairslie, 1600s Scottish skaircelie; β. 1500s skacely.

Etymology: < scarce adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. Scantily, in small quantities; inadequately, sparingly, niggardly, parsimoniously. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb]

narrowlya1250

feeblyc1290

scarcely1340

straitly1340

strait1390

niggardly?1529

nighly1548

pinchingly1561

close-fisted1575

hard1580

niggishly1580

nearly1591

mincingly1593

costively1598

penuriously1616

neara1625

scantingly1627

parsimoniouslya1634

scrapingly1680

stingily1682

scrimply1690

sneakingly1695

churlishly1875

curmudgeonly1879

skinflintily1899

mingily1958

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely

feeblyc1290

scarcely1340

scantc1440

scantly1509

daintilya1513

barelya1535

thinly1537

leanly1580

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starvedly1606

exile1654

scantily1774

skimpingly1853

skimpily1859

stintedly1863

barrenly1877

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 34 Auarice is disordene loue zuo disordene him sseweþ..ine spendinge scarsliche.

a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 1011 In a castel she was yshett And was assigned lyueresoun Skarslich [Weber Skarschliche] & nouȝth a foysoun.

a1400 Cato 569 in Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 603 Preise a mon so scarsliche, Whom þat þou wolt him proue.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxvi. 147 Bryng home thi grehounde,..and fede it so scarsly, that hit breke no more loos.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance v. f. 9^v He dranke wyne not skarsely, nor to moche, but competently.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 718 It was verie scarcely inhabited, of few and small Nations.

1669 J. Milton Accedence To Rdr. sig. A2 It hath been long a general complaint..that the tenth part of mans life..is taken up in learning, and that very scarcely, the Latin Tongue.

a. Originally used to express a restrictive qualification, = ‘barely’, ‘only just’; hence also, = ‘barely, or not quite’, ‘only just, if at all’. In modern use the original sense survives only in definite statements of fact. In sentences relating to belief, expectation, or estimation, the word now (as occasionally in Middle English) serves as a restricted negative (= ‘not quite’). Often, however, the qualification really relates, not to the contents of the sentence in which the adverb occurs, but to the degree of the speaker's belief: thus ‘You will scarcely maintain this proposition’ is equivalent to ‘I cannot quite believe that you will maintain’, etc. Cf. scarce adv. and hardly adv.The adverb qualifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and adverbial phrases, and esp. numerals (nouns, adjectives, and adverbs), designations of quantity, and indefinite pronouns. In many cases it may most correctly be regarded as qualifying the whole predication, though placed in proximity to the word in the sentence to which the qualification chiefly relates.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just

uneathc1200

scarcely1297

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onlepyc1350

anerly1381

barec1400

scarce1413

scantlyc1440

narrowlyc1450

scant1492

barelya1513

hardly?1532

faintly1544

nakedly1589

just1603

rawly1607

just1627

badly1715

scrimp1756

bare-weighta1763

scrimplya1774

jimp1814

jistc1820

α.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10614 Þe sink pors scarseliche mid ssipes eiȝtetene.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 43 Eek scarsly been ther in this place three That han in love seyd lyk and doon in al.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋927 And if he abide to his laste day scarsly may he shryuen hym or remembre hym of hyse synnes.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 17 Knowleche of greet dedes is so nyh loste and forȝet, þat skarsliche [1527 charsely, Caxton 1482 scarsely] bare names of places we haueþ now in mynde.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. lxxxiii. 47 Serteyn, quod he, a kyte a litel enfamined shulde skarsliche be ful sauled ther with; For it is litel.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Pherecydes in Panoplie Epist. 205 Somewhat there is in them, wherewith I am skarcely pleased.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 294 About this tyme the pest was ryfe in Scotland, cheiflie in Dundei, Abirdine, and in sum vtheris tounes and dorpes, quhilkes a hail ȝeir skirslie [sic] culd be clinsed.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 35 One of my fellowes had the speed of him; Who almost dead for breath, had scarcely more Then would make vp his Message.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 40. 259 In Paris..there are scarcely six Streets wider than the narrow End of St. Martin's-lane.

1781 J. Reynolds Journey Flanders & Holland in Wks. (1797) II. 122 It [the drapery] is scarcely ever cast with any choice or skill.

1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 310 The genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order.

1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 4 Sometimes it [the Caudex] is scarcely or not at all lengthened.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 65 The rain continued with scarcely any pause.

a1885 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead viii He..blamed my partner, who could scarcely believe his ears.

β. 1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 242 That skacely ther remayned ynough [grain] to serue vs in our journeye homeward.1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Oiiii But in that newefonnde parte of the worlde whiche is scaselye so farre from vs beyonde the lyne equinoctiall, as [etc.].

†b. With pleonastic negative, or in an implied negative context. Obsolete. (Cf. scarce adj. 2b.)

ΚΠ

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 289 Ne [coude] nat scarcely Macrobeus..I trowe arede my dreames even.

c1400 Rom. Rose 5460 Than shulde they seen who freendis ware For of an hundred, certeynly, Nor of a thousand ful scarsly, Ne shal they fynde unnethis oon, Whan povertee is comen upon.

c1570 W. Wager Longer thou Livest (Brandl) 177 Not one good man is scarsly among ten.

1795 H. Summersett Fate of Sedley II. 158 Recollection, however, returned before I had scarcely written a line.

c. With reference to time: Barely, only just. Chiefly with pluperfect tense, before a clause introduced by when or before.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb] > scarcely or only just

uneathc1000

uneathsc1340

scarce1513

scarcely1542

scant1551

now-now1948

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 231 Augustus beeyng scacely come to mannes state was putte to haue dooynges in the commenweale.

1779 Mirror No. 1 He is scarcely seated before every body present begins to form some notion of his character.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 613 In old-fashioned days,..when you were scarcely born.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 8 He had scarcely said the word, when Charmides entered.

†3. Used (after Latin vix) for: With difficulty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty

uneathc888

arvethlichec1000

uneathsc1200

hardc1300

albusyc1325

wondsomely?a1400

hardlya1425

narrowlyc1450

unreadilyc1454

a-pain1487

uneasily1600

scarce1667

scarcely1697

ill1832

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 2 This you see I scarcely drag along, Who yeaning on the Rocks has left her Young.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 167.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 558.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scarcely
释义	scarcelyadv. Brit. /ˈskɛːsli/, U.S. /ˈskɛ(ə)rsli/ Forms: see scarce adj.; also α. Middle English skarschliche, 1500s ( charsely), Scottish scairslie, skarslie, skirslie, skayirslye, 1500s, 1700s Scottish skairslie, 1600s Scottish skaircelie; β. 1500s skacely. Etymology: < scarce adj. + -ly suffix². †1. Scantily, in small quantities; inadequately, sparingly, niggardly, parsimoniously. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb] narrowlya1250 feeblyc1290 scarcely1340 straitly1340 strait1390 niggardly?1529 nighly1548 pinchingly1561 close-fisted1575 hard1580 niggishly1580 nearly1591 mincingly1593 costively1598 penuriously1616 neara1625 scantingly1627 parsimoniouslya1634 scrapingly1680 stingily1682 scrimply1690 sneakingly1695 churlishly1875 curmudgeonly1879 skinflintily1899 mingily1958 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely feeblyc1290 scarcely1340 scantc1440 scantly1509 daintilya1513 barelya1535 thinly1537 leanly1580 meagrelya1586 starvedly1606 exile1654 scantily1774 skimpingly1853 skimpily1859 stintedly1863 barrenly1877 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 34 Auarice is disordene loue zuo disordene him sseweþ..ine spendinge scarsliche. a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 1011 In a castel she was yshett And was assigned lyueresoun Skarslich [Weber Skarschliche] & nouȝth a foysoun. a1400 Cato 569 in Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 603 Preise a mon so scarsliche, Whom þat þou wolt him proue. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxvi. 147 Bryng home thi grehounde,..and fede it so scarsly, that hit breke no more loos. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance v. f. 9^v He dranke wyne not skarsely, nor to moche, but competently. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 718 It was verie scarcely inhabited, of few and small Nations. 1669 J. Milton Accedence To Rdr. sig. A2 It hath been long a general complaint..that the tenth part of mans life..is taken up in learning, and that very scarcely, the Latin Tongue. 2. a. Originally used to express a restrictive qualification, = ‘barely’, ‘only just’; hence also, = ‘barely, or not quite’, ‘only just, if at all’. In modern use the original sense survives only in definite statements of fact. In sentences relating to belief, expectation, or estimation, the word now (as occasionally in Middle English) serves as a restricted negative (= ‘not quite’). Often, however, the qualification really relates, not to the contents of the sentence in which the adverb occurs, but to the degree of the speaker's belief: thus ‘You will scarcely maintain this proposition’ is equivalent to ‘I cannot quite believe that you will maintain’, etc. Cf. scarce adv. and hardly adv.The adverb qualifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and adverbial phrases, and esp. numerals (nouns, adjectives, and adverbs), designations of quantity, and indefinite pronouns. In many cases it may most correctly be regarded as qualifying the whole predication, though placed in proximity to the word in the sentence to which the qualification chiefly relates. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just uneathc1200 scarcely1297 albusyc1325 onlepyc1350 anerly1381 barec1400 scarce1413 scantlyc1440 narrowlyc1450 scant1492 barelya1513 hardly?1532 faintly1544 nakedly1589 just1603 rawly1607 just1627 badly1715 scrimp1756 bare-weighta1763 scrimplya1774 jimp1814 jistc1820 α. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10614 Þe sink pors scarseliche mid ssipes eiȝtetene. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 43 Eek scarsly been ther in this place three That han in love seyd lyk and doon in al. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋927 And if he abide to his laste day scarsly may he shryuen hym or remembre hym of hyse synnes. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 17 Knowleche of greet dedes is so nyh loste and forȝet, þat skarsliche [1527 charsely, Caxton 1482 scarsely] bare names of places we haueþ now in mynde. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. lxxxiii. 47 Serteyn, quod he, a kyte a litel enfamined shulde skarsliche be ful sauled ther with; For it is litel. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Pherecydes in Panoplie Epist. 205 Somewhat there is in them, wherewith I am skarcely pleased. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 294 About this tyme the pest was ryfe in Scotland, cheiflie in Dundei, Abirdine, and in sum vtheris tounes and dorpes, quhilkes a hail ȝeir skirslie [sic] culd be clinsed. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 35 One of my fellowes had the speed of him; Who almost dead for breath, had scarcely more Then would make vp his Message. View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 40. 259 In Paris..there are scarcely six Streets wider than the narrow End of St. Martin's-lane. 1781 J. Reynolds Journey Flanders & Holland in Wks. (1797) II. 122 It [the drapery] is scarcely ever cast with any choice or skill. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 310 The genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order. 1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 4 Sometimes it [the Caudex] is scarcely or not at all lengthened. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 65 The rain continued with scarcely any pause. a1885 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead viii He..blamed my partner, who could scarcely believe his ears. β. 1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 242 That skacely ther remayned ynough [grain] to serue vs in our journeye homeward.1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Oiiii But in that newefonnde parte of the worlde whiche is scaselye so farre from vs beyonde the lyne equinoctiall, as [etc.]. †b. With pleonastic negative, or in an implied negative context. Obsolete. (Cf. scarce adj. 2b.) ΚΠ c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 289 Ne [coude] nat scarcely Macrobeus..I trowe arede my dreames even. c1400 Rom. Rose 5460 Than shulde they seen who freendis ware For of an hundred, certeynly, Nor of a thousand ful scarsly, Ne shal they fynde unnethis oon, Whan povertee is comen upon. c1570 W. Wager Longer thou Livest (Brandl) 177 Not one good man is scarsly among ten. 1795 H. Summersett Fate of Sedley II. 158 Recollection, however, returned before I had scarcely written a line. c. With reference to time: Barely, only just. Chiefly with pluperfect tense, before a clause introduced by when or before. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb] > scarcely or only just uneathc1000 uneathsc1340 scarce1513 scarcely1542 scant1551 now-now1948 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 231 Augustus beeyng scacely come to mannes state was putte to haue dooynges in the commenweale. 1779 Mirror No. 1 He is scarcely seated before every body present begins to form some notion of his character. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 613 In old-fashioned days,..when you were scarcely born. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 8 He had scarcely said the word, when Charmides entered. †3. Used (after Latin vix) for: With difficulty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty uneathc888 arvethlichec1000 uneathsc1200 hardc1300 albusyc1325 wondsomely?a1400 hardlya1425 narrowlyc1450 unreadilyc1454 a-pain1487 uneasily1600 scarce1667 scarcely1697 ill1832 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 2 This you see I scarcely drag along, Who yeaning on the Rocks has left her Young. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 167. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 558. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1297
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