barely
/ˈbɛɹ.li/ adverbe B1En français : à peine
- By a small margin. · I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
- Almost not at all. · The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.· Yes, it is barely visible.
- Recently, just now. · I barely got to the store.
Dans la bibliothèque
They had not been long together before Darcy told her that Bingley was also coming to wait on her; and she had barely time to express her satisfaction, and prepare for such a visitor, when Bingley’s quick step was heard on the stairs, and in a moment he entered the room.
The time was barely 10 o’clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had well nigh de-peopled the streets.
My captain is dead; I have barely escaped; but I am a good sailor.
But a very great tempest came on, and the ship being in danger of sinking, he threw all his merchandise overboard, and barely escaped with his life in the empty ship.
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