FrenchWord
adverb
A1
Frequency #2907

guère

Pronunciation

/ɡɛʁ/

Meaning

  1. 1.hardly; scarcely

Example sentences

Je ne dors guère.

I hardly sleep.

Il n’y a guère de temps.

There’s hardly any time.

About “guère”

Ne… guère. Accent: guère. Fairly formal/literary.

Word family of “guère”

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