"scarcely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

scarcely adverbio

verbo + scarcely

Kolokacji: 115

scarcely believe • scarcely notice • scarcely know • scarcely hear • scarcely see • scarcely seem • scarcely move • ...

scarcely + adjetivo

Kolokacji: 25

scarcely aware • scarcely able • scarcely audible • scarcely visible • scarcely possible • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 1

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 5

(1) aware, conscious

Kolokacji: 2

(2) able, surprising, distinguishable, human, better, ...

Kolokacji: 7

1. scarcely able = niezbyt zdolny scarcely able

2. scarcely surprising = niezbyt zadziwiający scarcely surprising

3. scarcely distinguishable = niezbyt widoczny scarcely distinguishable

4. scarcely human = niezbyt ludzki scarcely human

5. scarcely better = niezbyt lepiej scarcely better

6. scarcely worthy = niezbyt szlachetny scarcely worthy

7. scarcely sufficient = niezbyt wystarczający scarcely sufficient

The first discharge threw them into confusion; but a second was scarcely sufficient to drive them off the beach.
A Supreme Court clerkship is a useful but scarcely sufficient ticket of admission to this rarefied network.
The chest was heavy, and the barrels were scarcely sufficient to keep it above water.
In spite of her managerial position, her pay at Nysted was scarcely sufficient to enable her to pay her expenses.
My situation may be imagined, when I inform the reader I only received, from the whole estate of Trenck, 3,600 florins in three years, which were scarcely sufficient to defray the expenses of new year's gifts to the solicitors and masters in chancery.
Occasionally his countenance exhibited tokens of alarm; he gazed stedfastly and wildly at the ceiling; and the exertions of his companions were scarcely sufficient to interrupt his reverie.
At an average expenditure of $17 per head, the budget of the Ministry of Health is scarcely sufficient to pay the salaries, let alone to purchase any new equipment.
He had to wait until the coronation of Richard II before receiving an earldom, and his endowment with part of the Bohun inheritance was scarcely sufficient for one of his rank.
The little property he had was scarcely sufficient to pay his debts, and Madame Fouquet since the captivity of her husband is abandoned by everybody.
Kurt receives about $1,500 a month in unemployment benefits, a sum scarcely sufficient to support his companion and their 11-year-old child.

(3) audible, visible, noticeable, perceptible, recognizable

Kolokacji: 5

(4) possible, old, credible, believable, imaginable, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(5) necessary, large, tall, dry, wide

Kolokacji: 5

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