Difference between Scarce and Hardly

SCARCE vs HARDLY: ADJECTIVE

Hard to find; absent or rare.
Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply.
Not enough; hard to find
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
To decamp; to depart.
Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

Almost not
Synonyms and Rare, Scarce. See rare.
Characterized by scarcity, especially of provisions, or the necessaries of life.
Few in number; seldom seen; infrequent; uncommon; rare: as, scarce coins; a scarce book.
Deficient in quantity or number; insufficient for the need or demand; scant; scanty; not abundant.
Diminished; reduced from the original or the proper size or measure; deficient; short.
Scantily supplied; poorly provided; not having much: sometimes with of.
Sparing; parsimonious; niggard; niggardly; stingy.
Hardly; barely; scarcely.
To make less; diminish; make scant.
(idiom) (make (oneself) scarce) To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond.
(idiom) (make (oneself) scarce) To stay away; be absent or elusive.

Not softly or tenderly; roughly; severely; unfavorably; inimically.
By hard work; with difficulty.
Not quite or completely; only approximately; scarcely: as, it is hardly strong enough; that is hardly true.
Barely; narrowly; almost not at all: as, hardly any; hardly ever.
Not probably; with little likelihood: as, he will hardly come to-day.
Slowly and with difficulty

Precious, Scanty, Shortages, Finite, Sparse, Scarcity, Abundant, Just, Barely, Scarcely, Hardly, Deficient, Tight, Rare, Insufficient

Simply, Merely, Almost, Probably, Little, Only, Practically, Surely, Not, Rarely, Seldom, Scarce, Just, Barely, Scarcely

Scant, Precious, Scanty, Shortages, Finite, Sparse, Abundant, Just, Barely, Scarcely, Hardly, Deficient, Tight, Rare, Insufficient

Simply, Merely, Almost, Probably, Little, Only, Practically, Surely, Not, Rarely, Seldom, Scarce, Just, Barely, Scarcely

Nevertheless, reddy tin is scarce, and bills abound.
Extended flat areas preferred for airports are scarce.
Seems IP addresses are an scarce resource nowadays.
CLABSI prevention program, especially if resources are scarce.
Mexican curb could scarce control when once aroused.
But, resources that satisfy human wants are scarce.
They were a scarce resource because of government regulation and, as with all scarce resources, they become expensive.
As something becomes more scarce or less scarce, the desire for it does not change in a proportionate way.
Hardin argues that just like space on a lifeboat is scarce, resources are similarly scarce.
This follows from the nature of scarce goods and scarce factors.

However, Nate Diaz is hardly an active competitor.
Nick hardly ever did the dirty work himself.
Summer arrived, and I could hardly do anything.
For big gears like this it hardly matters.
Hardly petite fille bresil huarascan peru water evenwicht?
Natasha hardly felt any effect from the champagne.
Incidentally, the cotton was hardly by free enterprise.
Blunt and direct, she was hardly a pushover.
Prior to the housing bubble in America, voluntary foreclosures were hardly used, and the phrase itself was hardly mentioned.
We hardly throw away expired food cause we hardly have any around.