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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Barely \Bare"ly\, adv.
     1. Without covering; nakedly.
  
     2. Without concealment or disguise.
  
     3. Merely; only.
  
              R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not
              in revenue.                           --Shak.
  
     4. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barely
       adv 1: by a small margin; "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 [syn: {hardly}, {just},
               {scarcely}, {scarce}]
       2: in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room" [syn: {scantily}]

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  barely
  	[bɛərəliː]
  	à peine, ne ... guère
  
  

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