SCARCELY

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Traducere în limba română

scarcely adverb

1. abia, aproape de loc;

I scarcely heard what he said abia am auzit ce spunea;

he scarcely ate anything n-a mâncat mai nimic.

2. puţin probabil, puţin sigur; de loc;

wounded as he was, he could scarcely be expected to run rănit cum era, era puţin probabil să mai poată alerga.

But you eat nothing: you have scarcely tasted since you began tea.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

White Fang scarcely knew what happened.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Emma scarcely heard what was said.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

“This requires explanation. Young as you are, and having seen scarcely any one, it is hardly possible that your affections—”

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

“You have quite made up your mind,” said I to Mr. Peggotty, “as to the future, good friend? I need scarcely ask you.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with one bound he was out of bed and swallowed up Red-Cap.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

He can scarcely control himself in your presence.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The sound had scarcely died away when the door opened and Dennin came in.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

While she spoke, Wickham looked as if scarcely knowing whether to rejoice over her words, or to distrust their meaning.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The Colonel, too!—perhaps scarcely less an object of pity!

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)