Definition of Barely

Adverb

  • in a sparse or scanty way
    "a barely furnished room"
  • only a very short time before
    "they could barely hear the speaker"
    "we hardly knew them"
    "just missed being hit"
    "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
    "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
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Unscramble barely

102 unscramble word found using the letters barely.

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