Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Barely"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. --Shak.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

barely
adv 1: 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 [syn: {hardly}, {just},
{scarcely}, {scarce}]
2: n a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room" [syn: {scantily}]


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