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Definitions of scarce
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Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
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Scant.
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SCARCELY, ( B.) SCARCE.
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Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
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Not plentiful: not equal to the demand: rare: not common.
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by a small margin; " they could barely hear the speaker"; " we hardly knew them"; " just missed being hit"; " 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
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Rare; infrequent.
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Scantily supplied ( with); deficient ( in); - with of.
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Scarceness, scarcity.
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In small quantity compared to the demand; not common; few in number, and scattered; not often found or met with.
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Hardly; with difficulty.
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deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; " fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
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Not common; not plentiful; not equal to the demand.
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Not plentiful; rare; deficient.
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not enough; hard to find; " meat was scarce during the war"
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Alt. of Scarcely
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Not abundant; rare.
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SCARCENESS.
Antonyms for scarce
supererogatory, flourishing, garden-variety, profuse, overabundant, galore, blooming, fat, enlarged, bounteous, fertile, fruitful, rank, prosaic, sizable, superabundant, lush, super, jumbo, replete, accessible, substantial, riotous, unexceptional, big, swarming, torrential, long, hefty, oversize, plentiful, luxuriant, large, generous, redundant, acquirable, ordinary, excess, teeming, supernumerary, fecund, everyday, prolific, tolerable, overflowing, full, largish, obtainable, standard-issue, bountiful, plethoric, average, rife, considerable, extra, normal, sufficient, common, Supplemented, expanded, copious, gushing, procurable, adequate, available, exuberant, unremarkable, spare, run-of-the-mill, rich, abounding, rampant, standard, lavish, workaday, abundant, plenteous, verdant, proliferative, enough, commonplace, liberal, surplus, superfluous, king-size, attainable, ample, satisfactory, cut-and-dried, affluent, easy, voluminous, bursting, thriving, thick.
Quotes of scarce
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The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
– Francis Bacon -
I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English.
– David Brainerd -
A good book, in the language of the book -sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.
– Oswald Chambers -
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
– John Donne -
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.
– Edmond Halley -
And understand that scarce spectrum is used today for example for cell phone operators, they have to pay for the airwaves they use, for their services.
– Robert McChesney -
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.
– John McCrae -
If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it.
– David Ricardo -
Rules are to be initiated for the allotment of scarce raw materials etc; and their use and processing for other than war, or otherwise absolutely vital, goods is prohibited.
– Hjalmar Schacht -
Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce
– Ellen Tauscher -
Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.
– Henry Vaughan -
We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.
– Horace Walpole -
The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce
– Armstrong Williams
Usage examples for scarce
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“ Good pearls are scarce and dear, and Silas Filey is on the look out for some." ”
– The Second String by Nat Gould -
“ Scarce a house or hut in the colony escaped the flames. ”
– An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Colonies Of South Carolina And Georgia, Volume 1 by Alexander Hewatt -
“ As in a dream, I see thee here, and scarce believe mine eyes. ”
– The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian by John Dryden -
“ Scarce anybody has come in yet. ”
– The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray -
“ He is a young fellow still, or what we call so, being scarce thirty years old. ”
– The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray -
“ He descended rapidly, though scarce a gleam of light was there to guide his steps. ”
– The Prime Minister by W.H.G. Kingston -
“ Provisions began to be scarce in Gebal, and the governor writes to Egypt for corn. ”
– Patriarchal Palestine by Archibald Henry Sayce -
“ Scarce a day passed but he appeared in public as the woman's escort. ”
– Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson -
“ I can scarce see your form, but surely I have heard the voice of my boy;- my long absent boy. ”
– Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession by Benjamin Wood -
“ Quite upset at finding his friend so wasted, with his face white like a sheet, and scarce a sign of life save the sparkle of his innocent, loving eyes, Pierre responded: " But I would have come sooner if I had known you were in need of me! ”
– Paris From the "Three Cities" by Emile Zola -
“ And now, to conclude, Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true, We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct, as Poor Richard says. ”
– One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus -
“ I can scarce believe that it is I who write. ”
– A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne -
“ Yea, said the wood- wife, else scarce had she been a friend to me. ”
– The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris -
“ " I scarce know," he replied. ”
– The Sea-Hawk by Raphael Sabatini -
“ I followed in an agony scarce less than her own; but she repelled me with her hands, uttering piercing shrieks. ”
– The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins -
“ And come at a bad moment, when money's scarce ”
– The Fourth Series Plays, Complete by John Galsworthy -
“ Cow hands are scarce and I don't aim to lose one except in the line of business. ”
– The Killer by Stewart Edward White -
“ " You scarce know what you promise," he said. ”
– The Panchronicon by Harold Steele Mackaye -
“ The next few days were busy enough, and I scarce rested by night or day. ”
– Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell -
“ But even there they are very scarce ”
– The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting