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- Dictionarybarely/ˈbɛːli/
adverb
- 1. only just; almost not: "she nodded, barely able to speak"
- 2. in a simple and sparse way: "their barely furnished house"
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adverb [ not gradable ] us / ˈbeər·li / Add to word list. by the smallest amount; only just: There was barely enough room for the two of them. The dark line of the mountains was barely visible against the night sky. (Definition of barely from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of barely. barely.
The meaning of BARELY is in a meager manner : plainly. How to use barely in a sentence.
Barely definition: only just; scarcely; no more than; almost not. See examples of BARELY used in a sentence.
adverb [ not gradable ] us / ˈbeər·li / Add to word list. by the smallest amount; only just: There was barely enough room for the two of them. The dark line of the mountains was barely visible against the night sky. (Definition of barely from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of barely. barely.
(beəʳli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB before verb] B2. You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital. It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room. His voice was barely audible. She was an elfin-like girl who looked barely 10 years old.
1. only just; scarcely: barely enough for their needs. 2. informal not quite; nearly: barely old enough. 3. scantily; poorly: barely furnished. 4. archaic openly.
in a way that almost does not happen or exist. She barely acknowledged his presence. There was barely any smell. just; certainly not more than (a particular amount, age, time, etc.) Barely 50% of the population voted. He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company. They arrived barely a minute later. only a very short time before.
