barely

bare-ly · adverb

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Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    Only just; almost not.

  2. 2.

    Only a short time before.

  3. 3.

    Scantily; in a way that is just sufficient.

Related words

Antonyms: amply, easily
See also: hardly, just, scarcely
Synonyms: hardly, just, only just, scarcely

Etymology

From bare + -ly, from Old English baer ("bare, naked").