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scarce
1. adjective /ˈskɛːs,ˈskɛɚs/
a) Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement.
b) Difficult to find, due to scarcity.
2. adverb /ˈskɛːs,ˈskɛɚs/
Scarcely, only just.

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure that I heard you [...].


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