barely
Something barely there is hardly there at all. If there are barely any leaves on the trees, then winter is right around the corner.
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. If you barely missed an ice cream truck, then you missed it by seconds. This is a word for near misses and close calls.
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in a sparse or scanty way“a barely furnished room”
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synonyms:
scantily
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only a very short time before
/ˈbɛrli/
/ˈbɛəli/
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