Definitions of scarcely

1. 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

2. Hardly; with difficulty; rarely.

3. Barely; not quite; hardly.

4. Hardly; with difficulty.