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Definition of Scarcer
1. scarce [adj] - See also: scarce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarcer
Literary usage of Scarcer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It seems to be more abundant in the Indian than in the scarcer and scarcer at
places where they are known to have been abundant formerly. ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"A List of the scarcer amongst the Lichens which are found in the neighbourhood
of Oswestry and Ludlow, with occasional observations upon some of them. ..."
3. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"siege,—when all communications with the country shall cease; and this makes the
commodities scarcer and the prices higher. There is a project on foot to ..."
4. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"... Mass., and his autograph letters are scarcer than those of most of his
contemporaries. Some of them were discovered among the Sam. Adams papers in 1842, ..."
5. General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of by John Sinclair (1814)
"OF THE scarcer MINERALS. The scarcer minerals are next to be considered, and
shall be ranged alphabetically. Alum.—A very important alum-work is carried on ..."
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