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View definitions for barely

barely

adjective as in not quite

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"It's a three-hour show but I barely remember any of it because I was crying so much," she said.

From BBC

The majority live in California, a primary entry point for Asian immigration to the United States, but barely 100,000 Buddhists are estimated to practice in Los Angeles.

A month later, he barely broke into the top 50 at the US PGA Championship, but his week was overshadowed by a failed driver test and his media shutout.

From BBC

As The Bride in “Kill Bill,” she radiated menace while barely letting her voice rise above a whisper, selling untold amounts of posters in the process.

From Salon

Yes, that May 2020, the very same one that you and I barely made it out of with our sanity intact.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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