advadv.allonly a very short time beforeSynset:hardly just scarce scarcely
Examples:- we hardly knew them
- 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
Inherited Hypernyms:barely
advadv.allalmost notSynset:hardly scarce scarcely
Examples:- he hardly ever goes fishing
- he was scarce sixteen years old
- they scarcely ever used the emergency generator
- I can hardly hear what she is saying
- she barely seemed to notice him
- we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles
Pertainyms:scarce
Inherited Hypernyms:hardly
advadv.allby a littleSynset:just
Examples:- I only just caught the bus
- he finished the marathon in just under 3 hours
- it was barely 5 a.m.
- the network has barely 5 percent of viewers
- the batter just missed being hit
Inherited Hypernyms:barely