DICTOMETER

NESTEN IKKE (Norwegian for "barely")

(barely, hardly, only just, scarcely, apenas)

1. Synonyms:
   • Barely
   • Hardly
   • Just
   • Scarcely
   • Scarce
   Definitions:
   • only a very short time before
   Examples:
   • They could barely hear the speaker
   • We hardly knew them
   • Just missed being hit
   • Had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
   • Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave- W.B.Yeats
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Scantily
   • Barely
   Definitions:
   • in a sparse or scanty way
   Examples:
   • A barely furnished room