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barely

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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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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