[たどりつく, tadoritsuku] (v5k, vi) to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea); (P) [Add to Longdo]
[yattokosa ; yattokose ; yattoko] (adv) (1) (See やっと・1) at last; at length; (2) barely; just; by the skin of one's teeth; (int) (3) (やっとこさ, やっとこせ only) (See やっとこまかせ) yo-ho!; heave-ho! [Add to Longdo]
[girigirise-fu ; girigiri se-fu] (exp) (See ぎりぎり, セーフ) just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK [Add to Longdo]
[あやうく, ayauku] (adv) (1) (See 危うい) barely; narrowly; (2) almost; nearly; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Barely \Bare"ly\, adv.
1. Without covering; nakedly.
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2. Without concealment or disguise.
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3. Merely; only.
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R. For now his son is duke.
W. Barely in title, not in revenue. --Shak.
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4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare (of
quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there
was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barely
adv 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 [syn: {barely},
{hardly}, {just}, {scarcely}, {scarce}]
2: in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room" [syn:
{scantily}, {barely}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
