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barely

'bєәli5 senses · 193 ms
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adv/ˈbɛə.li//ˈbɛːlɪj//ˈbɛɹ.li/
  1. 1

    By a small margin.not-comparable

    • I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
    • 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
  2. 2

    Almost not at all.not-comparable

    • The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
    • Yes, it is barely visible.
  3. 3

    Recently, just now.not-comparable

    • I barely got to the store.
  4. 4

    Merely.archaicnot-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.comparablerare

    • Firſt here is the Reſurrection of our Saviour barely and poſitively affirmed, whom God hath raiſed up.
    • Remember, I haven’t tried to embroider; I’m just laying the facts barely before you—as barely as I can—to make what you please out of.

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