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vix.

with difficulty, with effort; scarcely, hardly, barely

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈwɪks]Classical-Latin[ˈviks]
  1. with difficulty, with effort; scarcely, hardly, barely

    not-comparable
    Vix crēdendum est...
  2. hardly, merely, just, scarcely

    not-comparable · temporal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk- Proto-Italic *wiks Latin vix From Proto-Italic *wiks sg (nom.), *wiksu pl (“a turn, bend”, loc.), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

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