barely
(ad.)赤裸裸地,無遮蔽地;僅僅,勉強,幾乎沒有
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.
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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]