What does "barely" mean?
Barely: Without concealment or disguise.
Additional senses
- 2.Merely; only. R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak.
- 3.But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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