barely

Signification (Anglais)

1. (not-comparable) By a small margin..
2. (not-comparable) Almost not at all.
3. (not-comparable) Recently, just now.
4. (archaic, not-comparable) Merely.
5. (comparable, rare) Openly, clearly, plainly.

Concepts

à peine

tout juste

de justesse

à grand-peine

a peine

avec peine

guère

hermétiquement

presque pas

ne ... guère

à l’instant

serrément

enfin

étroitement

Synonymes

hardly

scarcely

just

with difficulty

only just

narrowly

just barely

almost

slightly

scarce

by inches

scantily

only

nearly

merely

weakly

by a hair’s breadth

by a whisker

as soon as

penuriously

practically

rarely

seldom

shamefacedly

slowly

small

snugly

somehow

step by step

unassumingly

unpretentiously

with effort

by small degrees

not quite

scraping by

by a nose

about

by a nose length

about to

at last

at length

austerely

by a hair

edgewise

eventually

exactly

finally

gradually

inadequately

lastly

Traductions

kaum

appena

apenas

μόλις

knapp

nauwelijks

vix

mit Mühe

apenas

amper

nur schwer

mühsam

kwalijk

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbɛə(ɹ).li/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: barely

Appartenant à danois: bare

Appartenant à norvégien: bare

In summary

From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).

Phrases

Price only barely managed to secure Davis's permission to return to Missouri-minus his troops .

Price n'a à peine réussi à garantir la permission de Davis de retourner au Missouri-minus ses troupes.

His nickname of Tich alluded to his height of barely five feet .

Son surnom de Tich a fait allusion à sa hauteur de cinq pieds à peine.