Associations to the word «Scarce»
Noun
- Nay
- Twa
- Morn
- Cuthbert
- Ay
- Tis
- Wit
- Abundance
- Herd
- Quantity
- Commodity
- Scarcity
- Allocation
- Resource
- Ripple
- Trapper
- Contemplation
- Valuable
- Sophia
- Jest
- Conserve
- Dragonfly
- Refrain
- Forage
- Reverence
- Sudden
- Murmur
- Habitation
- Invertebrate
- Ration
- Fascination
- Allusion
- Food
- Shade
- Lace
- Rainfall
- Lust
- Drought
- Grassland
- Wherefore
- Antelope
- Manpower
- Naught
- Prey
- Enjoyment
- Vegetation
- Haste
- Rhyme
- Mirth
- Instinct
- Grief
- Shilling
Adjective
Wiktionary
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
Dictionary definition
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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.