barely

Example Sentences

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He had surgery in January 2013 - which he says allowed him to return to a "normal life" - but at the height of his illness, he was barely able to leave his own home.

From BBC

Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive.

From Los Angeles Times

Each robot is barely visible without magnification, measuring roughly 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers.

From Science Daily

It forecast sub-zero temperatures into the evening and overnight, with the mercury barely above freezing into Tuesday.

From Barron's

The U.S. dollar’s dominance extends into the digital realm through two instruments critics have barely noticed.

From MarketWatch