scarcely ever

What she did win, though, was the ever-more intense ardor of her growing number of liberal fans.

I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!

A long stretch of smooth ice followed, over which he glided with ever-increasing speed.

But he walked up and down the room and forced himself to listen, though he could scarcely bear it, I could see.

The artist, though emphasizing the latter, can scarcely achieve power in this without also attaining the former.

This reading secures scarcely anything more than a succession of sights to the eye or sounds to the ear.