scarcely
🇺🇸
/ˈskersli/
🇬🇧
/ˈskeəsli/
adverb
R
only just; almost not
I scarcely had enough time to finish my work.
R
right after something else happens
She had scarcely left when the phone rang.
R
not at all reasonable or likely
You can scarcely expect him to agree.
translation
only just; almost not; right after something else happens; not at all reasonable or likely