е́ле

adverb

hardly; only just
он е́ле дви́гался he could hardly move
он е́ле по́днял э́то he could hardly lift it
он е́ле спа́сся he had a narrow escape
он е́ле спа́сся
от GEN doing something
he only just escaped
он е́ле но́ги унёс it was a close shave; he had a narrow / hairbreadth escape
hardly, scarcely, barely
он е́ле успе́л ко́нчить, сказа́ть как hardly / scarcely had he finished, finished speaking when; he had hardly / scarcely / barely finished, finished speaking when; no sooner had he finished, spoken than
он е́ле успе́л потуши́ть пла́мя he only just had time to put out the fire
slightly
with (great) difficulty
used in the following idiomatic expressions
е́ле живо́й more dead than alive
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