adjective. Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply.

adjective. Hard to find; absent or rare.

adverb. Barely or hardly; scarcely.

idiom. (make (oneself) scarce) To stay away; be absent or elusive.

idiom. (make (oneself) scarce) To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond.

To make less; diminish; make scant.

Hardly; barely; scarcely.

Sparing; parsimonious; niggard; niggardly; stingy.

Scantily supplied; poorly provided; not having much: sometimes with of.

Diminished; reduced from the original or the proper size or measure; deficient; short.

Deficient in quantity or number; insufficient for the need or demand; scant; scanty; not abundant.

Few in number; seldom seen; infrequent; uncommon; rare: as, scarce coins; a scarce book.

Characterized by scarcity, especially of provisions, or the necessaries of life.

Synonyms and Rare, Scarce. See rare.

adjective. Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

adjective. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.

adjective. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.

adjective. to decamp; to depart.

adverb. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.

adverb. Frugally; penuriously.

adjective. Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

adverb. Scarcely, only just.

adjective. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

adverb. only a very short time before