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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
barely/ˈbeəli/

▶adverb

1 only just; almost not: he was barely able to speak.

2 only a very short time before.

3 in a simple and sparse way.

'barely' also found in these Oxford entries:

bleeder - detect - distinguish - eke - faint - hardly - just - lurk - mutter - narrow - passion - press - scant - sharp practice - slender - smoulder - trace

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