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. 151, He spoke solidly for twenty minutes, barely pausing to draw breath.
152, Arsenal barely got a look-in during the second half of the match.
153, There's barely enough floor space to fit a bed in this room.
154, He spoke for one and a half hours and barely paused for breath.
155, The plane barely cleared the fence at the end of the runway.