scarcely
1 adverb barely, almost notar éigean he scarcely spoke is ar éigean a labhair sé, níor labhair sé ach ar éigeanit was scarcely audible is ar éigean a chloisfeá é, ní mó ná go bhféadfaí é a chloisteáilI was scarcely conscious of it is ar éigean a thug mé faoi deara é, ní mó ná gur thug mé faoi deara éshe scarcely ever saw him ní fhaca sí é ach go fíorannamhthey can scarcely speak a word of Irish is ar éigean atá focal Gaeilge acuthere's scarcely anyone left is ar éigean atá aon duine fágtha 2 adverb saying sth is difficult or unlikelyar éigean it was scarcely imaginable ba dheacair é a shamhlúthey could scarcely have been nicer ní fhéadfaidís a bheith a dhath níos deiseTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adverb not reallyit could scarcely be worse is ar éigean a d'fhéadfadh sé a bheith níos measa, ní móide go bhféadfadh sé a bheith níos measait looks scarcely comprehensible ar éigean is féidir é a thuiscint, is deacair aon chiall a bhaint as 4 adverb saying sth is obviousthat's scarcely necessary níl aon ghá leis sinthe decision was scarcely surprising níor chuir an cinneadh ionadh ar aon duinethis is scarcely the time to discuss it ní hé seo an t-am chun é a phlé 5 adverb not justifiablyit scarcely deserves to be called a country ní fiú tír a thabhairt airI can scarcely blame you is beag milleán a chuirfinn ort, ní thógfainn ort é 6 adverb a very short time agodíreach we've scarcely begun nílimid ach díreach tosaithe, nílimid ach i ndiaidh tosúshe'd scarcely finished it when he called ní raibh sí ach díreach críochnaithe leis nuair a ghlaoigh sé 7 adverb perhaps less thanit's scarcely a mile from here níl sé ach míle ar a mhéad as seoscarcely a dozen came níor tháinig ach dháréag, má bhí sin féin ann