barely

Etymology
From, , , , equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1)  By a small margin.
 * 2) * 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
 * ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
 * 1)  Almost not at all.
 * 2)  merely.
 * 1)  Almost not at all.
 * 2)  merely.
 * 1)  merely.
 * 1)  merely.
 * 1)  merely.

Usage notes
It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
 * Compare
 * with
 * with

Translations

 * Arabic: بِٱلْكَاد
 * Hijazi Arabic: يا دوب, ياالله
 * South Levantine Arabic: بالكاد, أنجق
 * Belarusian: ледзь, ле́дзьве, то́лькі
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, amb prou feines
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 僅僅
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , kuim
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , , juuri ja juuri, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μόλις
 * Hebrew: בקושי
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: vix
 * Limburgish: koum,, hèllik
 * Macedonian: одвај, само
 * Northern Sami: illá
 * Norwegian: så vidt
 * Ojibwe: agaawaa
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: ѥдва, ѥдъва
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: de abia
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: appenas
 * Logudorese: accalaítzu, azìgu, izu
 * Sassarese: aìzu
 * Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је̏два, са̏мо
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: sotva, ledva
 * Slovene: kọ̑maj,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, , лише́
 * Yiddish: קוים


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: téměř vůbec
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , juuri ja juuri, , tuskin lainkaan
 * French:
 * Galician: aínda ben non
 * Georgian: ძლივს
 * German: gerade noch,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: a
 * Latin: vix
 * Northern Sami: illá
 * Norwegian: nesten ikke
 * Old English: unēaþe
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , почти́ не
 * Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Yiddish: קוים