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

• cereal box
• cereal grass
• cereal oat
• cerebellar
• cerebellar artery
• cerebellar hemisphere
• cerebellar vein
• cerebellum
• cerebral
• cerebral aneurysm
• cerebral aqueduct
• cerebral artery
• cerebral cortex
• cerebral death
• cerebral edema
• cerebral hemisphere
• cerebral hemorrhage
• cerebral mantle
• cerebral palsy
• cerebral peduncle
• cerebral thrombosis
• cerebral vein
• cerebrally
• cerebrate
• cerebration