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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. Source: opted
2. superl. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of. Source: opted
3. superl. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy. Source: opted
4. adv. Alt. of Scarcely Source: opted
5. adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand Source: wordnet
6. adv. only a very short time before Source: wordnet
7. adv. almost not Source: wordnet
8. r:7/j:93 a. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand Source: ecdict

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deficient demand quantity compared number scarcely abundant almost easily frugal parsimonious plentiful procured proportion rare scantily short small sparing stingy supplied time uncommon

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