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barely

English

  1. 🔊 only a very short time before
    “we hardly knew them”
  2. 🔊 by a little
    “I only just caught the bus”
  3. 🔊 almost not
    “he hardly ever goes fishing”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 anantes barely, scarcely
  2. 🔊 apenas barely, scarcely
  3. 🔊 a duras penas barely, hardly; with great effort or difficulty
  4. 🔊 a las justas barely, hardly, scarcely, by the skin of one's teeth
  5. 🔊 con las justas barely, hardly, scarcely, by the skin of one's teeth

Similar words

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