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barely

/ˈbɛɹ.li/ adverbio B1

En español: apenas, malavés, malavez, aína

  1. By a small margin. · I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
  2. Almost not at all. · The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.· Yes, it is barely visible.
  3. Recently, just now. · I barely got to the store.
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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.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 292 · B2
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.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 21 · C1
My captain is dead; I have barely escaped; but I am a good sailor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 230 · C1
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.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 38 · B2

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