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1. (adv.) barely
scarcely:
I had barely enough money.
2. barely
without disguise or concealment; openly.
3. barely
scantily; meagerly.
4. barely
Archaic. merely.
Etymology: (bef. 950)
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| Definition of 'Barely' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce
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
2. (adverb) scantily, barely
in a sparse or scanty way
"a barely furnished room"
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1. (adverb) barely
almost not; = hardly
children barely old enough to walk; jeans that she barely fits into
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) Barely
without covering; nakedly
2. (adverb) Barely
without concealment or disguise
3. (adverb) Barely
merely; only
4. (adverb) Barely
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
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Sense: scarcely or only just
We have barely enough food.
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 Afrikaans: skaars |
 Arabic: بِالكاد، بالجُهْد |
 Bulgarian: едва |
 Brazilian: mal |
 Czech: sotva |
 German: kaum |
 Danish: knap; knap nok |
 Greek: μόλις (και μετά βίας) |
 Spanish: apenas |
 Estonian: hädavaevalt |
 Farsi: ناچیز؛ به سختی |
 Finnish: juuri ja juuri |
 French: tout juste |
 Hebrew: בְּקוֹשִׁי |
 Hindi: मुश्किल से |
 Croatian: jedva |
 Hungarian: alig |
 Indonesian: hampir tidak |
 Icelandic: naumlega |
 Italian: a mala pena |
 Japanese: かろうじて |
 Korean: 겨우 |
 Lithuanian: tik, vos |
 Latvian: tik tikko |
 Malay: secukupnya |
 Dutch: amper |
 Norwegian: bare så vidt, akkurat, så |
 Polish: ledwie |
 Persian: ناچیز؛ به سختی |
 Pashto: په بربنډه بڼه، په سادګى، |
 Portuguese: mal |
 Romanian: numai, doar |
 Russian: едва |
 Slovak: sotva, tak-tak |
 Slovenian: komaj |
 Serbian: jedva |
 Swedish: nätt och jämnt |
 Thai: เกือบไม่พอ |
 Turkish: ancak, zar zor |
 Taiwanese: 勉強 |
 Ukrainian: тільки; ледве |
 Urdu: محض ، بمشکل |
 Vietnamese: vừa vặn |
 Chinese: 勉强 |
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