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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