Scarcely

Hardly; barely; only just; used to indicate that something is almost not the case or almost did not happen.

From 'scarce' plus '-ly', where 'scarce' comes from Old French 'escars' meaning 'restricted, insufficient'. This traces back to Vulgar Latin 'excarpsus', from Latin 'excerpere' meaning 'to pick out, extract', suggesting something that has been picked over and reduced.