barely

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barely

/ˈbɛə.li/ UK
/ˈbɛːlɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈbɛɹ.li/ Canada, US
/ˈbeɹ.li/ US
/ˈbeː.li/ Australia
/ˈbeəli/ New Zealand
/ˈbiəli/
/ˈbeɾ.le/ Scotland
/-lɪ/ Scotland
/-li/ Scotland
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)lɪ/

Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)li

Where it comes from

From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).

adverb more barely · most barely

not comparable By a small margin. I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
not comparable Almost not at all. The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
not comparable Recently, just now. I barely got to the store.
archaic, not comparable Merely. Now that fire do's not alwayes barely separate the Elementary parts, but sometimes at least alter also the Ingredients of Bodies […]
comparable, rare Openly, clearly, plainly. Firſt here is the Reſurrection of our Saviour barely and poſitively affirmed, whom God hath raiſed up.

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