Translation meaning & definition of the word "scarcely" into Swedish language

adverb

1. Only a very short time before

• "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

synonym:
• barely
,
• hardly
,
• just
,
• scarcely
,
• scarce

1. Bara en mycket kort tid innan

• "De kunde knappt höra talaren"

• "Vi kände dem knappt"

• "Missade precis att bli träffad"

• "Hade knappt ringt på klockan när dörren flög upp"

• "Skulle knappt ha kommit innan hon skulle ha hittat någon ursäkt för att lämna" - wbyeats

synonym:
• knappt
,
• knappast
,
• bara
,
• knapp

2. Almost not

• "He hardly ever goes fishing"

• "He was hardly more than sixteen years old"

• "They scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

synonym:
• hardly
,
• scarcely

2. Nästan inte

• "Han går nästan aldrig och fiskar"

• "Han var knappt mer än sexton år gammal"

• "De använde nästan aldrig nödgeneratorn"

synonym:
• knappast
,
• knappt

Examples of using

She spoke scarcely a word of English.

Hon talade knappt ett ord engelska.

He can scarcely write his name.

Han kan knappt skriva sitt namn.