barely
Example Sentences
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From MarketWatch
“It barely touched him. He was not injured,” Abel said.
From Los Angeles Times
The media outlet questioned how long the incident went unnoticed, adding that it "means their internal data protection system barely mattered."
From BBC
Her new daughter, Judith, barely survives the delivery.
From Salon
It was only barely refloated by rescue vessels before new ice formed, which would have trapped it over winter.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
