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  1. us / ˈbeər·li / Add to word list. by the smallest amount; only just: There was barely enough room for the two of them. The dark line of the mountains was barely visible against the night sky. (Definition of barely from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of barely. barely.

  2. The meaning of BARELY is in a meager manner : plainly. How to use barely in a sentence.

  3. You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital. It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room. His voice was barely audible. She was an elfin-like girl who looked barely 10 years old.

  4. us / ˈbeər·li / Add to word list. by the smallest amount; only just: There was barely enough room for the two of them. The dark line of the mountains was barely visible against the night sky. (Definition of barely from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of barely. barely.

  5. Definition of barely adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. Something barely there is hardly there at all. If there are barely any leaves on the trees, then winter is right around the corner. Barely is a word meaning hardly, nearly, scarcely, or marginally. If there is barely a dusting of snow, there is hardly any snow at all.

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  8. 1. only just; scarcely: barely enough for their needs. 2. informal not quite; nearly: barely old enough. 3. scantily; poorly: barely furnished. 4. archaic openly.

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