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Barely
ˈbɛːli
Barely definitions
adverb
barely
- only just; almost not
"she nodded, barely able to speak"
hardly scarcely just only just narrowly by the skin of one's teeth by a hair's breadth by a very small margin by the narrowest of margins by a nose- only a very short time before
"they had barely sat down before forty policemen swarmed in"
- in a simple and sparse way
"their barely furnished house"
- openly; explicitly