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Barely

//ˈbɛɹ.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    By a small margin. not-comparable

    "I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it."

  2. 2
    Almost not at all. not-comparable

    "The plane is so far away now I can barely see it."

  3. 3
    Recently, just now. not-comparable

    "I barely got to the store."

  4. 4
    Merely. archaic, not-comparable

    "Now that fire do's not alwayes barely separate the Elementary parts, but sometimes at least alter also the Ingredients of Bodies […]"

  5. 5
    Openly, clearly, plainly. comparable, rare

    "Firſt here is the Reſurrection of our Saviour barely and poſitively affirmed, whom God hath raiſed up."

Adverb
  1. 1
    only a very short time before wordnet
  2. 2
    by a little wordnet
  3. 3
    almost not wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).

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