barely

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.

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barely [ˈbɛəlɪ]

adv

1. only just; scarcely barely enough for their needs

2. Informal not quite; nearly barely old enough

3. scantily; poorly barely furnished

4. Archaic openly

Usage: See at hardly

Thesaurus

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 hardly, scarce, scarcely, just
	2.	barely - in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room" scantily

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barely

adverb only just, just, hardly, scarcely, at a push, almost not His voice was barely audible.
completely, amply, fully, profusely

Translations

barely [ˈbɛəlɪ] ADV

1. (= scarcely) → apenas
he can barely read → apenas puede leer
he looked around him with barely concealed horror → miró a su alrededor disimulando apenas su horror
there was barely enough room for all of us → apenas había sitio para todos nosotros
there was barely anyone there → allí no había casi nadie
I had barely closed the door when the phone rang → apenas había cerrado la puerta cuando sonó el teléfono

2. (= scantily) a barely furnished room → una habitación escasamente amueblada

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barely [ˈbɛə^rli] adv (= hardly) [audible, visible, perceptible, concealed] → à peine; [see, hear, notice, remember, touch, stand] → à peine
I could barely hear what she was saying → J'entendais à peine ce qu'elle disait.
He was barely breathing → Il respirait à peine.
She was barely sixteen → Elle avait à peine seize ans.
barely half → à peine la moitié

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barely

adv

(= scarcely) → kaum; (with figures) → knapp, kaum; we barely know him → wir kennen ihn kaum; barely had he started when … → kaum hatte er angefangen, als …; barely concealed horror → kaum verhohlenes Entsetzen; she was barely ten years old → sie war kaum or knapp zehn Jahre alt

furnished → dürftig, spärlich

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barely [ˈbɛəlɪ] adv → appena
they had barely enough money → avevano appena denaro a sufficienza
he was so drunk he could barely stand → era così ubriaco che riusciva a malapena a stare in piedi

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barely [ˈbɛəlɪ] adv → appena
they had barely enough money → avevano appena denaro a sufficienza
he was so drunk he could barely stand → era così ubriaco che riusciva a malapena a stare in piedi

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barely → بجهد شديد sotva knap kaum μόλις apenas hädin tuskin à peine jedva appena かろうじて 간신히 nauwelijks såvidt zaledwie mal едва knappt เกือบไม่พอ ucu ucuna chỉ vừa vặn 几乎不能