Probably not.
One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.
Certainly not, hardly at all.
One could scarcely expect the man to know how to fly a helicopter.
Hardly: only just; by a small margin.
Scarcely had she arrived when she was put to work.
From Middle English scarcely, scarsly, scarsely, scarsliche, scarseliche, equivalent to scarce + -ly.
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