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Barely
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Barely
/ˈbeəli/
Indicates a very small amount or degree, often suggesting only just enough.
Synonyms:
scarcely
hardly
just
marginally
narrowly
Antonyms:
abundantly
amply
completely
fully
comprehensively
Examples:
I
barely
restrained myself from going in and...
You can
barely
walk!" said Lady Montague.
Tony can
barely
read comic books.
Etymology:
Derived from the Middle English
barely,
stemming from
bare
plus the adverbial suffix
-ly,
meaning
only, just.
Use traced back to the 15th century.
Usage Statistics:
43 mentions per 1 million words
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