barely
/ˈbɛɹ.li/ adverb B1- By a small margin. · I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
- Almost not at all. · The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.· Yes, it is barely visible.
- Recently, just now. · I barely got to the store.
From the library
They had not been long together before Darcy told her that Bingley was also coming to wait on her; and she had barely time to express her satisfaction, and prepare for such a visitor, when Bingley’s quick step was heard on the stairs, and in a moment he entered the room.
The time was barely 10 o’clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had well nigh de-peopled the streets.
My captain is dead; I have barely escaped; but I am a good sailor.
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.
Learn barely in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.