Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand. / (archaic) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.

(archaic, literary) Scarcely, only just.

(modal) Probably not. / (modal) Certainly not. / (degree) Hardly: only just; by a small margin.

The property of being scarce.

A surname.

A butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaena virgaureae.

plural of scarce copper

Libellula fulva, a dragonfly native to Europe

(intransitive) To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter.

(simile) Synonym of rare as hen's teeth