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View definitions for barely

barely

adjective as in not quite

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Example Sentences

To human eyes, these movements are barely perceptible.

"And — of course, at this point — it's like a telephone game where people barely even know what they're referring to."

From Salon

Back then, they were so badly malnourished they were described as "skeletal" and could barely walk.

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Americans can barely afford groceries, rent and child care.

“For some, a war becomes home,” he says at one point, his line readings so pungent you’ll barely miss the excitement of a Cyclops or a Calypso.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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