transcription, транскрипция: [ adverb ]
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : by a narrow margin : only just
had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open — Agnes S. Turnbull
b. : almost not
could scarcely see for the fog
2.
a. : certainly not
could scarcely interfere
b. : probably not
there could scarcely have been found a leader better equipped — V. L. Parrington