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scarcely

adverbdobhriathar
1. barely, almost not
2. saying sth is difficult or unlikely
3. not really
4. saying sth is obvious
5. not justifiably
6. a very short time ago
7. perhaps less than
 adverbdobhriathar 1 barely, almost notar éigean cmu he scarcely spoke is ar éigean a labhair sé, níor labhair sé ach ar éigean it was scarcely audible is ar éigean a chloisfeá é, ní mó ná go bhféadfaí é a chloisteáil I was scarcely conscious of it is ar éigean a thug mé faoi deara é, ní mó ná gur thug mé faoi deara é she scarcely ever saw him ní fhaca sí é ach go fíorannamh they can scarcely speak a word of Irish is ar éigean atá focal Gaeilge acu there's scarcely anyone left is ar éigean atá aon duine fágtha 2 saying sth is difficult or unlikelyar éigean cmu it was scarcely imaginable ba dheacair é a shamhlú they could scarcely have been nicer ní fhéadfaidís a bheith a dhath níos deise 3 not really it could scarcely be worse is ar éigean a d'fhéadfadh sé a bheith níos measa, ní móide go bhféadfadh sé a bheith níos measa it looks scarcely comprehensible ar éigean is féidir é a thuiscint, is deacair aon chiall a bhaint as 4 saying sth is obvious that's scarcely necessary níl aon ghá leis sin the decision was scarcely surprising níor chuir an cinneadh ionadh ar aon duine this is scarcely the time to discuss it ní hé seo an t-am chun é a phlé 5 not justifiably it scarcely deserves to be called a country ní fiú tír a thabhairt air I can scarcely blame you is beag milleán a chuirfinn ort, ní thógfainn ort é 6 a very short time agodíreach cmu we've scarcely begun nílimid ach díreach tosaithe, nílimid ach i ndiaidh tosú she'd scarcely finished it when he called ní raibh sí ach díreach críochnaithe leis nuair a ghlaoigh sé 7 perhaps less than it's scarcely a mile from here níl sé ach míle ar a mhéad as seo scarcely a dozen came níor tháinig ach dháréag, má bhí sin féin ann
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