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English Dictionary: barely	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for barely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barely adv only a very short time before; "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 Synonym(s): barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room" Synonym(s): scantily, barely
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.