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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieskaum
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaum
"Er konnte kaum hören, was sie sagte."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Almost not; barely; by a narrow margin.
"He could scarcely hear what she was saying over the loud music." - 2
Hardly or only just (used to indicate that something happened immediately after something else).
"Scarcely had we arrived at the station when the train pulled in."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, combining the adjective 'scarce' (from Old Northern French 'escars', ultimately from Late Latin 'excarpsus') with the adverbial suffix '-ly'. It has been used since the late Middle Ages to denote limitation, infrequency, or the narrow margin by which something occurs.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scarcely" is said worldwide
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à peine
Transliteration: a pen
"Il pouvait à peine entendre ce qu'elle disait."
kaum
Transliteration: kaum
"Er konnte kaum hören, was sie sagte."
appena
Transliteration: appena
"Riusciva appena a sentire quello che diceva."
apenas
Transliteration: apenas
"Apenas podía oír lo que ella decía."
mal
Transliteration: mal
"Ele mal conseguia ouvir o que ela dizia."
शमुश्किल से
Transliteration: mushkil se
Script: मुश्किल से
"वह मुश्किल से सुन पा रहा था कि वह क्या कह रही थी।"
几乎不
Transliteration: jī hū bù
"他几乎听不见她在说什么。"
겨우
Transliteration: gyeo-u
"그는 그녀가 하는 말을 겨우 들을 수 있었다."
かろうじて
Transliteration: karōjite
"彼は彼女が言っていることがかろうじて聞き取れた。"
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