WordnauwelijksMeaninghardly / scarcelyPart of speechadverbPronunciationCourseDutchLessonEmphatic inversion (zelden, nauwelijks)Usages of nauwelijksNauwelijks was ik ingestapt, of ik was al duizelig.Scarcely had I got in, when I was already dizzy.Nauwelijks was de beugel dicht, of we werden gelanceerd.Hardly was the restraint closed, when we were launched.