alig-alig

Hungarian

Etymology

alig (“barely”) +‎ alig (“barely”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɒliɡɒliɡ]
Hyphenation: alig-‧alig

Adverb

barely, hardly, scarcely (to a limited extent)
Alig-alig látok. ― I can barely see.
with difficulty
A két jelenséget alig-alig lehet megkülönböztetni. ― It's very hard to distinguish the two kinds of phenomena.
barely (to emphasize the smallness of the named quantity or measure)
Itt van mellettem, alig-alig egy méterre tőlem. ― It is right next to me, barely a meter from me.

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