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scarcely

adverb as in barely

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Yesavage admitted on Thursday he could still scarcely believe the evolution of his season.

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Roberts has also pushed the Constitution to the right and handed conservatives wins on abortion, guns, the environment, voting rights and the regulatory state that scarcely could have been imagined 20 years ago.

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I see it with a mattress on the floor, clothes thrown about, scarcely furnished.

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He could scarcely dream of ever approaching it.

The away end up in the gods could scarcely believe it - even though this side are making a habit of scoring late goals.

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