Definition of Scarce

Pronunciation: skârs
a.1.Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
2.Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); - with of.
3.Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
To make one's self scarce
to decamp; to depart.
adv.1.With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
With a scarce well-lighted flame.
- Milton.
2.Frugally; penuriously.


Related Words

almost unheard-of, at a premium, barely, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, curtailed, deficient, exiguous, failing, few, hardly, in short supply, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meager, miserly, niggardly, out of print, out of season, out of stock, piddling, poor, scant, scanty, scarcely, scattered, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom, seldom met with, seldom seen, shortened, shy, skimping, skimpy, slim, slow, sparse, sporadic, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, thin, tight, truncated, unfrequent, unusual, wanting


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