scarce (adv.)
scarce (adj.)
- cheeseparing
- chinchy
- chintzy
- deficient
- exiguous
- failing
- few
- inadequate
- infrequent
- insufficient
- lacking
- meager
- miserly
- niggardly
- occasional
- piddling
- poor
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scattered
- scrimpy
- shortened
- shy
- skimpy
- slim
- slow
- sparse
- sporadic
- spotty
- stingy
- thin
- tight
- truncated
- uncommon
- unique
- unusual
- wanting
You 'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage;
And if I chance to fall below
Demosthenes or Cicero,
Don't view me with a critic's eye,
But pass my imperfections by.
Large streams from little fountains flow,
Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
A kick that scarce would move a horse
May kill a sound divine.
