Scarce

Related Terms:

rare meager few scarcely scarceness uncommon nonscarce in short supply xerophytism pauce only just difficult insufficient squirreling xerophyte demand scarcity thin on ground scanty thin dog robber scarcen few and far between at premium very hard find hard find being little availability adjective limited availability limited infrequent running out running out abundant being few lacking empty being rare hardly supply short supply short very little few exist very rare exist sparse little sparse like looks like looks rarity shortage lack lack of very few small small number number dew commodity description

Definitions:

Adjective

scarce

Definition: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

Definition: Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

Adverb

barely hardly just scarcely scarce

Definition: only a very short time before; "we hardly knew them"; "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

hardly scarcely barely scarce

Definition: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was scarce sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"; "I can hardly hear what she is saying"; "she barely seemed to notice him"; "we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles"

Definition: Scarcely, only just.