Definition of 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.


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a bit, a little, alone, baldly, by a hair, by an ace, closely, ever so little, exclusively, exiguously, faintly, feebly, imperfectly, inappreciably, inconsequentially, insignificantly, just, just a bit, lightly, little, meagerly, merely, minimally, minutely, nakedly, narrowly, nearly, negligibly, not hardly, not quite, only, only just, plainly, purely, scantily, scarce, simply, simply and solely, singly, slightly, solely, tant soit peu, triflingly, weakly


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