Synonym: hardly, just, scarcely. Similar words: barrel, rely, rely on, entirely, severely, relatively, bar, bare. Meaning: ['beəlɪ] 
adv. 1. by a small margin 2. in a sparse or scanty way.
adv. 1. by a small margin 2. in a sparse or scanty way. 
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91, He had barely reached manhood when he married.
92, The low, flat boats were barely visible.
93, The price barely covers the cost.
94, At this rate we'll barely cover our costs .
95, New Shoreham, now sadly decayed, has barely 100 inhabitants.
96, The flashlights barely penetrated the gloom.
97, The child's speech was barely intelligible.
98, They arrived barely a minute later.
99, He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company.
100, The committee had barely entered into the matter when he felt dizzy.
101, He spoke for two hours and barely paused for breath.
102, She arrived home exhausted and barely capable of showering before collapsing on her bed.
103, Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.
104, The box was so heavy I could barely lift it.
105, His voice was barely audible above the roar of the crowd.
106, Steve barely said a handful of words during the first half hour.
107, The party had been in government for barely seven months.
108, She can't walk or feed herself and she can barely speak - it's a living death.
109, His wages are barely enough to keep body and soul together.
110, The investigation barely scratched the surface of the city's drug problem.
111, European stock markets showed barely a flicker of interest in the election result.
112, She could barely make herself heard above the clamour of the rain.
113, He is barely on speaking terms with his father .
114, It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room.
115, With only one day off in a week working people had barely enough time to arrange the household.
116, It seems barely credible that anyone could have walked so far in a day.
117, Ruth paused to draw breath ,(www.Sentencedict.com) her voice barely hiding her excitement.
118, He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone.
119, From newspaper reports a picture emerges of a country barely under control.
120, The letter was handwritten, in a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl.