barely
By a small margin.
Example
“I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.”
Other meanings
Almost not at all.
“The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.”
Recently, just now.
“I barely got to the store.”
Synonyms
- hardly
- scarce
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "bærlīċe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “barely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.