barely

About 13.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb By a small margin.

   I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.

2. adverb Almost not at all.

   The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.

3. adverb Recently, just now.

   I barely got to the store.

4. adverb Merely.
5. adverb Openly, clearly, plainly.

Similar words

scarcely scarce scantily hardly just marginally minimally thinly solely alone

Often followed by

a able visible enough audible had escaped perceptible see sufficient