I barely missed being struck.
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Barely
//ˈbɛɹ.li//
Synonyms for "barely" (66 found)
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Translations
124 translations across 49 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μόλις adv (by a small margin)
Arabic
4 entries- أنجق adv (by a small margin)
- بالكاد adv (by a small margin)
- بِٱلْكَاد adv (by a small margin)
- يا دوب adv (by a small margin)
Armenian
1 entries- հազիվ adv (by a small margin)
Belarusian
3 entries- ле́дзьве adv (by a small margin)
- ледзь adv (by a small margin)
- то́лькі adv (by a small margin)
Bulgarian
3 entries- едва́ adv (by a small margin)
- едва́ adv (almost not at all)
- са́мо adv (by a small margin)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- appenas adv (by a small margin)
Catalan
2 entries- a penes adv (by a small margin)
- amb prou feines adv (by a small margin)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 僅僅 /仅仅 adv (by a small margin)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 僅僅 /仅仅 adv (by a small margin)
Church Slavic
2 entries- ѥдва adv (by a small margin)
- ѥдъва adv (by a small margin)
Czech
2 entries- sotva adv (by a small margin)
- téměř vůbec adv (almost not at all)
Dutch
3 entries- amper adv (by a small margin)
- kuim adv (by a small margin)
- nauwelijks adv (by a small margin)
Esperanto
2 entries- apenaŭ adv (by a small margin)
- apenaŭ adv (almost not at all)
Finnish
4 entries- hädin tuskin adv (by a small margin)
- hädin tuskin adv (almost not at all)
- juuri ja juuri adv (by a small margin)
- juuri ja juuri adv (almost not at all)
French
2 entries- à peine adv (by a small margin)
- à peine adv (almost not at all)
Galician
1 entries- aínda ben non adv (almost not at all)
Georgian
1 entries- ძლივს adv (almost not at all)
German
3 entries- gerade noch adv (almost not at all)
- kaum adv (by a small margin)
- kaum adv (almost not at all)
Hebrew
1 entries- בקושי adv (by a small margin)
Hungarian
3 entries- alig adv (by a small margin)
- alig adv (almost not at all)
- nemigen adv (almost not at all)
Icelandic
1 entries- varla adv (almost not at all)
Ido
1 entries- apene adv (by a small margin)
Italian
2 entries- a malapena adv (almost not at all)
- appena adv (by a small margin)
Japanese
1 entries- ぎりぎり adv (by a small margin)
Korean
1 entries- 겨우 adv (by a small margin)
Latin
2 entries- vix adv (by a small margin)
- vix adv (almost not at all)
Latvian
1 entries- tikko adv (by a small margin)
Limburgish
3 entries- amper adv (by a small margin)
- hèllik adv (by a small margin)
- koum adv (by a small margin)
Macedonian
2 entries- одвај adv (by a small margin)
- само adv (by a small margin)
Northern Sami
2 entries- illá adv (by a small margin)
- illá adv (almost not at all)
Norwegian
2 entries- nesten ikke adv (almost not at all)
- så vidt adv (by a small margin)
Ojibwe
1 entries- agaawaa adv (by a small margin)
Old English
1 entries- unēaþe adv (almost not at all)
Persian
2 entries- بزحمت adv (by a small margin)
- بسختی adv (by a small margin)
Polish
4 entries- ledwie adv (by a small margin)
- ledwie adv (almost not at all)
- ledwo adv (by a small margin)
- ledwo adv (almost not at all)
Portuguese
2 entries- apenas adv (by a small margin)
- mal adv (almost not at all)
Romanian
1 entries- de abia adv (by a small margin)
Russian
4 entries- е́ле adv (almost not at all)
- е́ле-е́ле adv (by a small margin)
- едва́ adv (by a small margin)
- едва́ adv (almost not at all)
Sardinian
3 entries- accalaítzu adv (by a small margin)
- azìgu adv (by a small margin)
- izu adv (by a small margin)
Sassarese
1 entries- aìzu adv (by a small margin)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- air èiginn adv (by a small margin)
- air èiginn adv (almost not at all)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jȅdva adv (by a small margin)
- sȁmo adv (by a small margin)
- са̏мо adv (by a small margin)
- је̏два adv (by a small margin)
Slovak
2 entries- ledva adv (by a small margin)
- sotva adv (by a small margin)
Slovene
2 entries- kọ̑maj adv (by a small margin)
- samo adv (by a small margin)
Spanish
4 entries- a malavez adv (by a small margin)
- a malavez adv (almost not at all)
- a malavés adv (by a small margin)
- a malavés adv (almost not at all)
Swedish
2 entries- knappt adv (almost not at all)
- precis adv (by a small margin)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ле́две adv (by a small margin)
- лише́ adv (by a small margin)
- ті́льки adv (by a small margin)
Uzbek
1 entries- zo’rg’a adv (almost not at all)
Yiddish
2 entries- קוים adv (by a small margin)
- קוים adv (almost not at all)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I had barely got home when the storm broke.
Source: tatoeba (24212)
The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.
Source: tatoeba (26395)
We could barely make out two figures in the dark.
Source: tatoeba (28393)
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