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.