Meaning & Definition of Scarce in English
English⟶
Scarce
/skɛrs/
adjective
1. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
- "Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
synonym:
- scarce
adverb
1. 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
synonym:
- barely,
- hardly,
- just,
- scarcely,
- scarce
Examples of using
Apples are scarce this year.
Is food scarce around here?
I've lived most of my life in the plains where trees and hills are scarce.