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Word: Scarce
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘restricted in quantity or size’, also ‘parsimonious’): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning ‘plucked out, selected’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
skɛːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand
Short Definition:insufficient for demand
Examples:- as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed
Word: Scarce
Speech Type: Adverb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
skɛːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
scarcely
Short Definition:scarcely
Examples:- a babe scarce two years old
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