Associations to the word «Barely»

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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn