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List of meaning for barely

hardly ever; rarely

barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce(adverb)

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

scantily, barely(adverb)

in a sparse or scanty way

"a barely furnished room"

by a very small margin

we barely made it to the church on time

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