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View definitions for barely

barely

adjective as in not quite

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On the smoky, slow-burn number “Hide,” she imagines a relationship falling apart so slowly that the participants barely know it’s happening.

In office barely a week, Cheney created a national energy policy task force in response to rising gasoline prices.

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However, the candidates’ fight over the future of the state’s car tax has “barely registered” with voters, said Rozell.

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The latest comes barely a month after back-to-back typhoons killed over a dozen people and wrought damage to infrastructure and crops.

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In the deciding third Test, Harris could barely walk, yet his seven wickets in the match secured a thrilling win.

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