How to pronounce scarcely
Listen to scarcely in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“scarcely” in real sentences
409 clips in the index · 19 American · 60 British · 3 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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scarcely believable number.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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can scarcely keep up with demand.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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The effects of geology are scarcely visible.
GeoscienceAustralia · hear it here
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Nowadays, we uh scarcely use valves, do we?
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of scarcely. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.