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barely

/ˈbɛə(ɹ).li/
adverb
  1. (degree) By a small margin.

  2. (degree) Almost not at all.

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

  3. Merely.

Synonymshardly, just, only just, scarcely, hardly, scarcely

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