barely

[ˈberli]

Definition:
1. In a way that is just possible.
2. By a small margin.
3. In a sparse or scanty way.

Use 'barely' in a sentence:

• 1. He barely registered our presence.
• 2. There was barely any smell.
• 3. Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.
• 4. The commission had barely begun to make a dent in the problem.
• 5. His handwriting is barely legible.
• 6. The payments he gets barely cover his expenses.
• 7. Their performance is barely satisfactory.
• 8. Of the blows delivered, barely half found their mark.
• 9. They arrived barely a minute later.
• 10. I was barely existing.
• 11. The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.
• 12. The letter was handwritten, in a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl.
• 13. The project was barely in embryo.
• 14. Her voice was barely audible above the noise.
• 15. He was a poor student, barely scraping through his final year.
• 16. She barely acknowledged his presence.
• 17. Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
• 18. She was barely able to stand.
• 19. He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.
• 20. The flashlights barely penetrated the gloom.
• 21. His words were barely audible.
• 22. It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room.
• 23. She was barely able to stammer out a description of her attacker.
• 24. The noise is barely detectable by the human ear.
• 25. I barely recognized her.
• 26. Barely had the bulldozers started when Museum of London archaeologists swooped.
• 27. We barely arrived than it was time to leave.
• 28. I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.
• 29. His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.
• 30. The Colonel's voice was barely audible.
• 31. His argument was barely intelligible.
• 32. He barely caught the train.
• 33. They barely have enough money to keep body and soul together.
• 34. I barely know him.
• 35. The food at the hotel was barely edible.
• 36. Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.
• 37. He was barely 30 and in the prime of life.
• 38. Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital.
• 39. He was barely listening until the salary was mentioned. Then he pricked up his ears.
• 40. We barely had time to catch the train.
• 41. There was barely time for the two boys to escape unseen.
• 42. With Betty's salary they barely made ends meet.
• 43. There followed a barely audible burp.
• 44. He was barely able to drag his poisoned leg behind him.
• 45. At times, the heat was barely tolerable.
• 46. This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject.
• 47. Tim could barely conceal his disappointment.
• 48. The music was barely audible.
• 49. Pasternak gave him a barely perceptible smile.
• 50. He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone.
• 51. A viral illness left her barely able to walk.
• 52. He spoke abruptly, in barely comprehensible Arabic.
• 53. I can barely string two words together in Japanese.
• 54. He could barely afford the fare.
• 55. The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open.
• 56. Barely 50% of the population voted.
• 57. He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company.
• 58. Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three.
• 59. The show barely covered its costs.
• 60. I could barely hear above the roar of traffic.