нареч. hardly, scarcely, barely (лишь только); slightly; with (great) difficulty еле живой
hardly, scarcely; ~ слышный звук hardly audible sound; я ~ дошёл сюда I could hardly drag myself here; он ~ дышит he`s half dead; он ~ спасся he had a very narrow escape.
еле-еле: нареч. ( ) barely, faintly, narrowly еле-еле душа в теле ≈ about to fall aparthardly.