Thesaurus: scarce

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1. superl. Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
2. superl. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
3. superl. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
4. adv. Alt. of Scarcely
5. adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
6. adv. only a very short time before
7. adv. almost not
8. r:7/j:93 a. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand