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bare⋅ly

  [bair-lee]
Use barely in a Sentence
–adverb
1. only just; scarcely; no more than; almost not: He had barely enough money to pay for the car.
2. without disguise or concealment; openly: They gave the facts to him barely.
3. scantily; meagerly; sparsely.
4. Archaic. merely.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE bærlīce. See bare 1 , -ly

Usage note:
1. See hardly.
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bare·ly   (bâr'lē)   
adv.  
  1. By a very little; hardly: could barely see the road in the fog.
  2. In a scanty manner; sparsely: a barely furnished room.
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Barely

Bare"ly\, adv. 1. Without covering; nakedly.

2. Without concealment or disguise.

3. Merely; only.

R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. --Shak.

4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : barely
Spanish: apenas,
German: kaum,
Japanese: かろうじて
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