scarcely

IPA（発音記号）

副詞

法助動詞

(modal) Probably not. / (modal) Certainly not. / (degree) Hardly: only just; by a small margin.

日本語の意味

おそらくそうではない / 確実にそうではない / ほとんど～ない、わずかにしか～しない

I scarcely think he'll agree to the proposal.

彼がその提案に賛成するとは、おそらくないだろう。

意味（1）

(modal) Probably not.

One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.

意味（2）

(modal) Certainly not.

One could scarcely expect the man to know how to fly a helicopter.

意味（3）

(degree) Hardly: only just; by a small margin.

He had scarcely finished, when the labourer arrived who had been sent for my ransom.

more scarcely

（ comparative ）

most scarcely

（ superlative ）