scarce

adjectives

deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
scarce
is derived from
scarceness
is derived from
scarcity
antonym
abundant
is similar to
not widely distributed
"rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
rare
is similar to
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
"tight money"; "a tight market"
tight
see also
deficient in amount or quality or extent
"meager resources"; "meager fare"
meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy
is an attribute of
an adequate or large amount
"he had a quantity of ammunition"
quantity

adverbs

only a very short time before
"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
barely, hardly, just, scarce, scarcely