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barely
adverb
almost
not
;
by
the
smallest
amount
possible
•
I
could
barely
see
the
road
through
the
heavy
fog
.
I
could
barely
see
the
road
through
the
heavy
fog
.
•
She
was
so
weak
she
could
barely
stand
.
She
was
so
weak
she
could
barely
stand
.
From
‘
bare
’
+
‘
-ly
’,
dating
back
to
Middle
English
,
originally
meaning
“
plainly
”
or
“
openly
”
before
shifting
to
the
modern
sense
of
“
hardly
”.
adverb
only
;
no
more
than
the
amount
or
number
stated
•
It's
barely
five
o'clock
,
and
the
sun
has
already
set
.
It's
barely
five
o'clock
,
and
the
sun
has
already
set
.
•
The
tiny
village
has
barely
two
hundred
residents
.
The
tiny
village
has
barely
two
hundred
residents
.
See
primary
sense
etymology
above
;
the
meaning
of
“
only
”
developed
from
the
idea
of
something
being
stripped
down
to
the
minimum
.