Scarcely
41hardly/scarcely ever — almost never : ↑rarely She hardly ever sings anymore. I scarcely ever think of them now. • • • Main Entry: ↑ever …
42couldn't scarcely, couldn't hardly — See can t hardly. Couldn t is a contraction of could not. Drop the negative part of the phrase when using it with scarcely or hardly: He could hardly see the road through the heavy fog …
43not scarcely — See double negative and hardly …
44scarce — , scarcely …
45weak — scarcely evident, e.g. an anatomical character that is difficult to discern or is poorly developed …
46By the skin of one's teeth — scarcely; just; barely …
47just manage — scarcely succeed in doing something, barely get by …
48vix — Scarcely; hardly; with difficulty …
49Vix ulla lex fieri potest quae omnibus commoda sit, sed si majori parti prospiciat, utilis est — Scarcely any law can be made which is convenient to everyone, but if it provides for the majority, it is of advantage …
50international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …