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English adverb: barely | |||
| 1. | barely only a very short time before | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | hardly, just, scarce, scarcely | ||
| 2. | barely in a sparse or scanty way | ||
| Samples | A barely furnished room. | ||
| Synonyms | scantily | ||
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