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nauwelijks

nauwelijks
hardly / scarcely
From Lesson 361:Emphatic inversion (zelden, nauwelijks)·Dutch

Usages of nauwelijks

Nauwelijks 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.
Nauwelijks hadden we de looping overleefd, of het karretje stopte.
Hardly had we survived the loop, when the cart stopped.
Beschadigen kun je dit spatbord nauwelijks.
You can barely damage this mudguard.

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