Associations to the word «Barely»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
BARELY, adverb. (degree) By a small margin.
BARELY, adverb. (degree) Almost not at all.
BARELY, adverb. (archaic) merely.
Dictionary definition
BARELY, adverb. Only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats.
BARELY, adverb. In a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.