Associations to the word «Scarce»

SCARCE, adjective. Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

SCARCE, adjective. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.

SCARCE, adverb. (now literary) (archaic) Scarcely, only just.

SCARCE AS HEN'S TEETH, adjective. (simile) Synonym of rare as hen's teeth.

SCARCE COPPER, noun. A butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaena virgaureae

SCARCE, adverb. 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.

SCARCE, adjective. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought".