barely

Adverb

Meaning

Without covering; nakedly.

Without concealment or disguise.

Merely; only.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

just hardly scarcely scarce only just by the skin of your teeth only less even little comparatively nearly hard simply almost

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Antonyms

ultra super almighty doubtlessly often right

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Phrases with the word

barely moving barely beat just barely barely any barely perceptible barely surprising

Anagrams

barley bleary Albery bearly Blayre Braley yarble

Examples

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy. Charles Baudelaire

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. Margaret Cho

It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off. William O. Douglas

I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on... It's perfectly obvious that two completely revolutionary things are going on, with cybernetics, and biological science. Poul Anderson

There are many lies but barely one truth. Ukrainian Proverb

Life is short; but it barely takes a second to smile. Cuban Proverb

Close letter words and terms

barelegged bareleggedness Barelvi barely a team barely any barely armed