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barely

/'bɜrli/

Synonyms of barely Antonyms of barely Examples of barely Usage of barely Parts of barely Definition that contains barely Words sounding like barely Explanation of barely

adverb
almost not
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"she barely seemed to notice him" "we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles"

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hardly scarce scarcely
adverb
by a little
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"it was barely 5 a.m." "the network has barely 5 percent of viewers"

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just
adverb
only a very short time before
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hardly just scarce scarcely

Examples of barely

"she barely seemed to notice him"
"we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles"
"it was barely 5 a.m."
"the network has barely 5 percent of viewers"