Meaning
5 senses(not comparable)By a small margin.
I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
kaum
едва́jedvá, е́ле-е́леjéle-jéle, лишьlišʹ
ле́двеlédve, ті́лькиtílʹky, лише́lyšé
(not comparable)Almost not at all.
The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
Yes, it is barely visible.
gerade noch, kaum
е́леjéle, едва́jedvá, почти́ неpočtí ne
almost not
(not comparable)Recently, just now.
I barely got to the store.
(comparable, rare)Openly, clearly, plainly.
(archaic, not comparable)Merely.
Examples
860 sentencesI barely feel the pain anymore.
Я майже не відчуваю болю.
deIch habe kaum noch Schmerzen.
Tom barely made it in time.
Том ледве встиг.
deTom schaffte es gerade so eben.
Tom had barely enough to eat.
Том ледве поїв.
Tom barely had enough to eat.
Том ледве поїв.
Tom and Mary barely know each other.
Том та Мері ледве знайомі.
ruТом и Мэри едва знакомы.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalentFrom Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).
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Forms
more barely, most barely| Comparative | more barely Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most barely |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
Collocations
12 patterns- barely had enough
- barely managed to
- barely speak
- barely had time
- barely able to
- was barely able
- barely managed
- could barely speak
- barely escaped
- could barely hear
- can barely walk
- barely made