чуть

adverb

Meanings Related words
hardly; slightly; just
чуть не nearly, almost
чуть ли не nearly, almost
он чуть ды́шит he can hardly breathe
отсю́да чуть ви́дно it can hardly be seen from here
чу́ть-чу́ть just a little; slightly
он чуть не упа́л he nearly fell
он чуть не разби́л ча́шку he very nearly broke the cup
чуть заме́тная улы́бка a faint smile; a ghost of a smile
a little, slightly
hardly, barely
чуть слы́шный barely audible
with не almost, nearly
чуть ли не век наза́д nearly a century ago
Он чуть не у́мер. He almost died.
used in the following idiomatic expressions
чуть то́лько as soon as
чуть то́лько он вошёл as soon as he came in
чуть свет at daybreak, at first light
чуть что at every trifle
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