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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] 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.
barely. adverb. /ˈbeəli/ /ˈberli/ in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty. He could barely read and write. The music was barely audible. She was barely able to stand. We barely had time to catch the train. Topics Difficulty and failure b2. Want to learn more?
Barely is a word meaning hardly, nearly, scarcely, or marginally. If there is barely a dusting of snow, there is hardly any snow at all. If your team barely won a game, then they came really close to losing.
He was barely alive when they found him. Barely 18, Lee was sent out to fight in the Gulf. (Definition of barely from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. [...] 2. If you say that one thing had barely happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. [...] More. English usage. What is the difference between bare and barely ? More. Synonyms of 'barely'
