Barely

Adverb

 * 1)  By a small margin.
 * 2) * 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 8.
 * It becomes, therefore, no inconsiderable part of science barely to know the different operations of mind,
 * 1) * 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
 * ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
 * 1)  Almost not at all.
 * The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
 * Yes, it is barely visible.
 * 1)  merely.
 * 2) * 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 29,
 * Now that fire do's not alwayes barely separate the Elementary parts, but sometimes at least alter also the Ingredients of Bodies

Synonyms

 * hardly, scarcely

Thesaurus
a bit, a little, alone, baldly, by a hair, by an ace, closely, ever so little, exclusively, exiguously, faintly, feebly, hardly, imperfectly, inappreciably, inconsequentially, insignificantly, just, just a bit, lightly, little, meagerly, merely, minimally, minutely, nakedly, narrowly, nearly, negligibly, not hardly, not quite, only, only just, plainly, purely, scantily, scarce, scarcely, simply, simply and solely, singly, slightly, solely, tant soit peu, triflingly, weakly

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 僅僅, 仅仅
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tuskin, töin tuskin, hädin tuskin, juuri ja juuri, nipin napin
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ido: apene


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ぎりぎり
 * Norwegian: så vidt
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, еле-еле,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn
 * Spanish:


 * Norwegian: nesten ikke


 * Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn


 * Norwegian: bare så vidt

Anagrams

 * barley
 * bleary