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Spell Bee Word: Scarcely

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What does scarcely mean?

Word: Scarcely

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Scarcely means only just, or almost not at all.

Synonyms: barely, only just

How do you spell scarcely?

Syllables: scarce - ly

Tricky part: Where you hear an s sound in the middle, write a c.

Watch out for: scarsly, scarcly, skarcely

Memory tip: The word has two c's: one straight after the first s, and one in the middle where you hear an s sound.

Scarcely in a sentence

Example 1: I could scarcely hear the teacher over the noise of the rain.

Example 2: Rohan had scarcely sat down when the bell rang.

Example 3: There were scarcely any clouds in the sky on the day of the school fair.

Next steps

Fun Fact

English borrowed scarce in the 1300s from Old North French scars, meaning scanty or rare. Scarcely first meant sparingly, and only later came to mean only just.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

scarce

a) lie
b) ley
c) lee
d) ly

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d) ly. Adverbs like this take plain ly, as in nicely and safely.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: scarcely

a) easily
b) hardly
c) often
d) frequently

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b) hardly. Scarcely and hardly both mean almost not at all.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sc_rcely

a) u
b) o
c) a
d) e

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c) a. The first part rhymes with car: sc-a-r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you can scarcely see in a room, the room is ____.

a) very dark
b) very bright
c) very clean
d) very large

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a) very dark

2. Choose the correct ending: Scarcely had we left the house ____

a) when it began to pour.
b) but it began to pour.
c) than it began to pour.
d) then it began to pour.

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a) when it began to pour.

Associated Words

Words that start with sca: scandal, scaffolding, scathing, scary

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