ALL meanings of barely
bare·ly
B b - adverb barely You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. 3
- adverb barely 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. 3
- adverb barely only just; scarcely 3
- adverb barely not quite; nearly 3
- adverb barely scantily; poorly 3
- adverb barely without covering or disguise; plainly 3
- adverb barely only just; no more than 3
- adverb barely meagerly; scantily 3
- adverb barely hardly, only just 1
- adverb barely not quite 1
- adverb barely decorated, furnished: sparsely 1
- adverb barely openly 1
- noun barely Only just; almost not. 1
- adverb barely only just; scarcely; no more than; almost not: He had barely enough money to pay for the car. 1
- adverb barely without disguise or concealment; openly: They gave the facts to him barely. 1
- adverb barely scantily; meagerly; sparsely. 1
- adverb barely Archaic. merely. 1
- noun barely See hardly. 1
- adverb barely (degree) By a small margin. 0
- adverb barely (degree) Almost not at all. 0
- adverb barely (archaic) merely. 0