What does scasely mean?
Scasely means (obsolete or dialectal, colloquial, dated) scarcely; hardly.
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/ˈskeɪsli/ · adverb
(obsolete or dialectal, colloquial, dated) scarcely; hardly.
For it scasely ever chaunceth that the moste vertuous amonge vertuous
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!'
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Scasely means (obsolete or dialectal, colloquial, dated) scarcely; hardly.
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For it scasely ever chaunceth that the moste vertuous amonge vertuous
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