"de justesse" meaning in Français

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Adverb

IPA: \də ʒys.tɛs\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-de justesse.wav
  1. De très peu ; par une marge très petite.
    Sense id: fr-de_justesse-fr-adv-2EPt1si1 Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: d’un poil [familiar] Translations: knapp (Allemand), um Haaresbreite (Allemand), haarscharf (Allemand), gerade noch (Allemand), mit Ach und Krach (Allemand), eben (Allemand), mit knapper Not (Allemand), gerade so (Allemand), just barely (Anglais), only just (Anglais), barely (Anglais), just (Anglais), by the skin of one's teeth (Anglais), by a whisker (Anglais), by a nose (Anglais), by a nose length (Anglais), za gotovo ništa (Croate), con las justas (Espagnol), ecì-pu-cì (Griko), appena appena (Italien), al pelo (Italien), ternauwernood (Néerlandais), por pouco (Portugais)
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          "text": "Dites, vous m'écoutez quand je parle ! Je me retins de justesse de jurer, car non content de me tenir des propos sibyllins, il était vissé devant l'écran de son ordinateur, attitude que je trouvais particulièrement mufle."
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "knapp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "um Haaresbreite"
    },
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "haarscharf"
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      "lang": "Allemand",
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      "word": "gerade noch"
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      "word": "mit Ach und Krach"
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      "lang": "Allemand",
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "mit knapper Not"
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    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "gerade so"
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      "word": "just barely"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
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    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "by a nose length"
    },
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      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "za gotovo ništa"
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "con las justas"
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      "lang_code": "griko",
      "word": "ecì-pu-cì"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "appena appena"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "al pelo"
    },
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      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "ternauwernood"
    },
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "knapp"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "um Haaresbreite"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "haarscharf"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "gerade noch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "mit Ach und Krach"
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    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "eben"
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    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "mit knapper Not"
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    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "gerade so"
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    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "just barely"
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    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "only just"
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    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "by a whisker"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "by a nose"
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    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "by a nose length"
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      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "za gotovo ništa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "con las justas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Griko",
      "lang_code": "griko",
      "word": "ecì-pu-cì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "appena appena"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "al pelo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "ternauwernood"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "por pouco"
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