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adverbscarcely [ever] — kaum [jemals]
* * *1) (only just; not quite: Speak louder please - I can scarcely hear you; scarcely enough money to live on.) kaum2) (used to suggest that something is unreasonable: You can scarcely expect me to work when I'm ill.) wohl kaum* * *scarce·ly[ˈskeəsli, AM ˈskers-]I had \scarcely sat down when... ich hatte mich gerade hingesetzt, als...she can \scarcely afford to pay the rent sie kann das Geld für die Miete kaum aufbringen2. (certainly not)* * *['skɛəslɪ]adv1) kaumscarcely anybody — kaum einer or jemand
scarcely anything — fast or beinahe nichts
scarcely ever — kaum jemals, fast or beinahe nie
I scarcely know what to say —
scarcely had the car drawn to a halt when... — das Auto war kaum zum Stehen gekommen, als...
2) (= not really) wohl kaumyou can scarcely expect him to believe that —
he's scarcely the most polite of men — er ist nicht gerade or er ist wohl kaum der Höflichste
* * *scarcely adv1. kaum, gerade erst:scarcely anything kaum etwas, fast nichts;scarcely … when kaum … als2. wohl nicht, kaum, schwerlich:* * *adverbscarcely [ever] — kaum [jemals]
* * *adv.kaum adv.knapp adv.schwerlich adv.wohl nicht adv.
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