BARELY

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Traducere în limba română

barely adv.

1. gol, despuiat.

2. numai; abia, doar;

she is barely fifteen nu are decât cincisprezece ani.

3. (rar) deschis, direct, fără ocol; fără sfială / rezervă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The words had barely left his mouth when he was knocked down by Leach.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Like his mates, he was barely able to get up, but, unlike them, he had made up his mind not to get up.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

I feel I am dying of weakness, and have barely strength to write, but it must be done if I die in the doing.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I could barely show her my letter.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The roof barely cleared her head.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

It was too dirty for Mrs. Allen to accompany her husband to the pump-room; he accordingly set off by himself, and Catherine had barely watched him down the street when her notice was claimed by the approach of the same two open carriages, containing the same three people that had surprised her so much a few mornings back.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“You know this gentleman, I believe?” I made my gentleman a distant bow, and Peggotty barely recognized him.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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