scasely
English
Adverb
scasely (not comparable)
- (obsolete or dialectal, colloquial, dated) scarcely; hardly
- 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It
- If a thing wanted regulating, he warn't a man to go browsing around after somebody to do it, but he would prance in and regulate it himself. He warn't a Catholic. Scasely. He was down on 'em. His word was, 'No Irish need apply!'
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Robynson (More's Utopia) to this entry?)
- 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It