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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: barely adv 1: by a small margin; "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 [syn: {hardly}, {just}, {scarcely}, {scarce}] 2: n a sparse or scanty way "a barely furnished room" [syn: {scantily}]
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