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What does "scarcely" mean here? "Is everyone someone's informer in this cursed city?" "Scarcely," said Littlefinger. Hi, everyone. In this quote, does Littlefinger mean "Not quite, but almost everyone is someone's informer"? If not, what does "scarcely" mean here? Thank you for shedding light on this in advance.

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I would say that it means the opposite and that not many people are someone's informer, since 'scarcely' generally means 'hardly' or 'barely'.

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