how to pronounce scarcely

/ˈskɛɹsliː/

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the above transcription of scarcely is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

scarcely is pronounced in two syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of scarcely

skɛɹsl

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An example use of scarcely in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… says there is there's scarcely anyone …”

meanings of scarcely

adverb:

  1. Certainly not.
  2. Probably not.
  3. Almost not at all; by a small margin.

scarcely frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word scarcely occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics scarcely can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that scarcely can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

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