📖 Определения и значения для слова barely
📒 in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty
- He could barely read and write.
- The music was barely audible.
- She was barely able to stand.
📒 in a way that almost does not happen or exist
- She barely acknowledged his presence.
- There was barely any smell.
📒 just; certainly not more than (a particular amount, age, time, etc.)
- Barely 50% of the population voted.
- He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company.
- They arrived barely a minute later.
📒 only a very short time before
- I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.
- They have sold scarcely any copies of the book.
- I barely recognized her.