What does the word “skasely” mean used in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”? Exact quote is: “I hain’t hearn ‘bout none un um, skasely, but ole king Sollermun, onless you counts dem kings dat’s in a packer k’yards.”.
Think it means “scarcely”. As per Google, this word was used a lot more in the 1800s:
And one of the definitions is as follows: used to suggest that something is unlikely to be or certainly not the case
Here’s a list of examples of this word being used:
The pieces seem to fit but I could be wrong…