barely

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Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more barely

Superlative

most barely

1.
(not comparable)(not comparable, degree) By a small margin.
I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
2.
(not comparable)(not comparable, degree) Almost not at all.
The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
Yes, it is barely visible.
3.
(not comparable)(Chicano, not comparable) Recently, just now.
I barely got to the store.
4.
(archaic, not comparable)Merely.
5.
(comparable, rare)Openly, clearly, plainly.

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Đồng nghĩa

hardly justonly justscarcelydegree hardly, scarcelyhardly, just, only just, scarcely

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + --ly. Compare bare, bare.