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Dictionary: bare·ly   (bâr') pronunciation
 
adv.
  1. By a very little; hardly: could barely see the road in the fog.
  2. In a scanty manner; sparsely: a barely furnished room.

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adverb

    By a very little; almost not: hardly, just, scarce, scarcely. See near/far/distance.

 
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adv

Definition: hardly
Antonyms: easily


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Scarcely or meagerly.

pronunciation There was barely enough pie for all the guests.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - med nød og næppe, lige akkurat

idioms:

  • barely .., when    lige akkurat.... da

Nederlands (Dutch)
nauwelijks, schaars

Français (French)
adv. - à peine, tout juste, pauvrement, sans détails

idioms:

  • barely .., when    à peine .. que, au moment où, dès..que

Deutsch (German)
adv. - kaum

idioms:

  • barely .., when    kaum .., als

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - μόλις (και μετά βίας), σχεδόν καθόλου

idioms:

  • barely .., when    δεν πρόλαβα να... και

Italiano (Italian)
appena

idioms:

  • barely .., when    appena .. che

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - abertamente, somente, escassamente

idioms:

  • barely .., when    somente ..., quando

Русский (Russian)
едва, не более чем

idioms:

  • barely .., when    едва ли только

Español (Spanish)
adv. - apenas, escasamente, meramente

idioms:

  • barely .., when    no más, nada más

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - knappt, med nöd och näppe

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
仅仅, 勉强, 贫乏地, 几乎没有, 光秃秃地

idioms:

  • barely .., when    仅...当

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 僅僅, 勉強, 貧乏地, 幾乎沒有, 光禿禿地

idioms:

  • barely .., when    僅...當

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 겨우, 거의~없는, 드러내놓고

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - かろうじて, 乏しく

idioms:

  • barely ..    貧弱に, わずかに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بالكاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮אך, בקושי, בצמצום‬


 
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