scarcely

adverb3

1. •
   Probably not.

   • One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.
2. •
   Certainly not, hardly at all.

   • One could scarcely expect the man to know how to fly a helicopter.
3. •
   Hardly: only just; by a small margin.

   • Scarcely had she arrived when she was put to work.