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scarcely
/ ˈɛəɪ /
adverb
- hardly at all; only just
- ironic.probably not or definitely not
that is scarcely justification for your actions
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On the pitch the campaign started with no wins from their first three games in all competitions but they kickstarted things with a 2-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday and scarcely looked back.
In today’s representative democracies, most citizens vote for and against proposals they scarcely understand.
Now, 50 years since the record's release, the woman who delivered those words can still scarcely believe her 15 seconds of fame.
Ms Byanyima said she feared a return to the 1990s, when HIV medication was scarcely available in poorer countries, and infections and deaths soared.
The France international, despite arguably being the face of the club with Mbappe gone, has scarcely been given any kind of preferential treatment.
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