Scarce Definition & Meaning
scarce
- adverb
- 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
- adjective
- deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
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- What does scarce mean?
- 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 deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
- What part of speech is scarce?
- Scarce is an adverb and an adjective.
- How many definitions does scarce have?
- Scarce has 2 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adverb, adjective).