nekez

io. ( zaila, neketsua ) hard, difficult, demanding; euskaraz irakurtzea guri bezain \nekeza gertatzeko so that reading Basque won't be as difficult as it is for us adb.

1. ( eragozpenez edo neke handiz ) barely; \nekez bizi gara we barely get by; \nekez landutako prosa awkwardly crafted prose; \nekez etorri eta bizkor joan! it was hard for him to come but no problem to leave!; Errezil, \nekez jaio, errez hil Errezil, hard to be born there, easy to be dead there; adiskidea \nekez hartu baina behin hartuz gero \nekezago utzi (atsot.) select your friend with a silk-gloved hand and hold him with an iron guantlet (atsot.)

2. ( zer edo zer gertatzeko zailtasuna adierazten duena ) hardly; ingelesez \nekez mintzatzen diren irlandarrak gutxi dira the Irish who can hardly speak English are few; \nekez aurkituko duzu gauza hoberik you will hardly find a better thing | you'll be hard {pressed || put} to find something else better; arabiera ikasteko \nekez idoro daiteke liburu hori baino hoberik to learn Arabic, a better book can hardly be found