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barely

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bare·ly  (bârl)
adv.
1. By a very little; hardly: could barely see the road in the fog.
2. In a scanty manner; sparsely: a barely furnished room.

barely
Adverb
1. only just: barely enough
2. scantily: barely furnished
USAGE: See at hardly.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.barely - only a very short time before; "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
2.barely - in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room"

barely
adverb only just, just, hardly, scarcely, at a push, almost not << OPPOSITE completely
Translations
barely [ˈbɛəlɪ] advapenas
barely [ˈbɛəlɪ] bare advà peine
barely [ˈbɛəlɪ] advkaum
barely [ˈbɛəlɪ] advappena


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But a very great tempest came on, and the ship being in danger of sinking, he threw all his merchandise overboard, and barely escaped with his life in the empty ship.
The machine immediately broke through the massive substructure upon which it was builded, and sank out of sight into the earth, the aeronaut springing out barely in time to save himself.
Directly opposite the mouth of the river you will see three large islands far out, so far that they are barely discernible, the one to the extreme left as you face them from the mouth of the river is Anoroc, where I rule the tribe of Anoroc.
 
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