barely

[bare·ly]

Something barely there is hardly there at all. So a barely dressed person is nearly naked.

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Without covering; nakedly.

Adverb
by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

Adverb
in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room"

adv.
Without covering; nakedly.

adv.
Without concealment or disguise.

adv.
Merely; only.

adv.
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.

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.

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.

Without covering; nakedly.

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Usage Examples

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.

First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity.

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

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change.

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.

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Other Usage Examples

I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don't make enough money.

Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past a building without panicking that it's going to collapse on his head.

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is.

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.