1[強意的に] かろうじて(…するに足る), やっと, なんとか(only just)‖The pupil arrived 〜 in time for class. その生徒はかろうじて授業に間に合った/We have 〜 enough bread for breakfast. 朝食用のパンはなんとかある《◆比較： We have scarcely [hardly] any bread ... パンがほとんどない》/There were 〜 fifty people there. そこにいたのはせいぜい50人だ(＝There were not more than fifty ...)《◆比較： There were scarcely fifty people there. 50人はいなかった(＝There were probably less than fifty ...)》.