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The phrase "alone scarcely" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It can be used to express that something is barely or hardly possible when one is alone, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "Alone scarcely can one achieve such remarkable results without collaboration."
Alternatives: "barely alone" or "hardly alone".
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But economic considerations alone scarcely account for what appears to be an obsession with Georgia.
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It is perceived, however, that subaerial erosion alone could scarcely have excavated deep canyons that extend down to the seafloor.
In a country where public entertainment and street life, let alone protests, scarcely exist, and few people socialize outside their families, social media fills a crying need.
Consistently, the co-administration of the Chk1 inhibitor AZD7762 and chemotherapy abrogated tumor growth in vivo, whereas chemotherapy alone was scarcely effective.
And he is scarcely alone.
The Sullivans are scarcely alone.
I am scarcely alone in my fondness for this painter.
Bendel is scarcely alone in appropriating open space for its own use.
Or Zarua is scarcely alone in embodying a high consciousness of Israel in its design.
The Colombian state is scarcely alone in failing to back up assertions of sovereignty with meaningful actions.
Boswell was scarcely alone among contemporaries in his ways of thinking about love and belief, but his illiberalism seems paradoxical.
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