"scarcely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

scarcely adverbio

verbo + scarcely
Kolokacji: 115
scarcely believe • scarcely notice • scarcely know • scarcely hear • scarcely see • scarcely seem • scarcely move • ...
scarcely + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 25
scarcely aware • scarcely able • scarcely audible • scarcely visible • scarcely possible • ...
(1) aware, conscious
Kolokacji: 2
1. scarcely necessary = niezbyt niezbędny scarcely necessary
2. scarcely larger = ledwie większy scarcely larger
4. scarcely dry = niezbyt suchy scarcely dry
5. scarcely wide = niezbyt szeroki scarcely wide
  • It was scarcely wide enough to edge through, but he had long since learned never to trust first appearances.
  • It was not three feet wide and scarcely that in height.
  • The terrace house, one hundred and forty years old, was shaped like a cereal box; two stories high, but scarcely wide enough for a staircase.
  • The gorge was scarcely more than thirty feet wide at this point, so the water foamed through like a mill race.
  • It was scarcely six feet wide, no room to swing a sword.
  • In a little creek scarcely five feet wide he decided to let the horses water.
  • The ledge was scarcely a foot wide, and its surface was rough and irregular.
  • The trail is scarcely two meters wide, which saved us.
  • The miners followed these veinlets, some of which are still visible through the overgrown vegetation although scarcely wide enough for a man to climb through.
  • That bobble had been scarcely more than a meter wide.

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