scarcely

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Ebel and Diestel were provincial clergymen, scarcely known outside their parishes until, as Mr. Clark says, scandal tightened around them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Yet A House of Dynamite could scarcely be timelier.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Needing 254 for victory – a record in this competition - after being flogged around Wankhede Stadium, Bethell hit a scarcely believable 105 from 48 balls to threaten one of England's all-time white-ball victories.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

"He's the horse of a lifetime," said Purton after coming home a scarcely believable three-and-a-half lengths clear of Helios Express and fellow group One winner Lucky Sweynesse.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

His only reservation related to length: “All the columns of a large Gazette would scarcely, I conceive, contain the present draft,” Washington noted, adding at the end, “I may be mistaken.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis