"barely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

barely adverbio

verbo + barely
Kolokacji: 265
barely hear • barely make • barely escape • barely manage • barely notice • barely move • barely touch • barely begun • barely speak • ...
barely + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 60
barely visible • barely able • barely audible • barely perceptible • barely distinguishable • barely conscious • barely old • barely aware • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
1. barely able = skąpo zdolny barely able
3. barely legal = skąpo prawny barely legal
4. barely capable = skąpo zdolny barely capable
5. barely competent = skąpo kompetentny barely competent
6. barely furnished = ledwie umeblować barely furnished
7. barely seaworthy = skąpo zdatny do żeglugi barely seaworthy
  • Stormy weather threatened the ships, rendering many of them barely seaworthy and causing major delays.
  • Small fishing dories, some barely seaworthy, bobbed on the black, sewage-rich water and thumped against rotting pilings.
  • Privately, military people admitted that the thing was not landworthy, barely seaworthy, undefendable and useless in war.
  • She looked out to sea and saw some crofters in a barely seaworthy little boat, heaving their tattered nets over the side into the water.
  • Not a single vessel was sunk or captured on either side but the mutual battering left many ships barely seaworthy and casualties on both sides were high.
  • The Army was left with a mixed bag of rickety ships that were barely seaworthy.
  • He then left for Rome, sailing on a barely seaworthy Austrian ship, the "Bellona", which did not even have cooking facilities.
  • Many ships either damaged in storms or barely seaworthy to begin with had constant rotations of crewmen pumping out water.
  • The ship was barely seaworthy.
  • The makeshift raft is shown as barely seaworthy as it rides the deep waves, while the men are rendered as broken and in utter despair.
(9) literate, civil
Kolokacji: 2
(12) dry, moist
Kolokacji: 2
(13) human, measurable, navigable
Kolokacji: 3

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