barely

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barely Definition

• (r) by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
• (r) in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room"

barely Synonyms

• barely
• hardly
• just
• scantily
• scarce
• scarcely