1. Only a very short time before
   "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
   - barely, hardly, just, scarce 
2. Almost not
   "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
   - hardly

See also: scarce

• filaria
• filarial
• filariasis
• filariid
• Filariidae
• filature
• filbert
• filch
• file
• file allocation table
• file away
• file cabinet
• file clerk
• file folder
• file format
• file in
• file out
• file server
• file system
• file transfer protocol
• file-like
• filefish
• filename
• filename extension
• filer