barely
Example Sentences
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The combination of Mr. Black’s barely controlled craziness and Mr. Rudd’s cheerful gosh-darn naïveté makes the picture work, though the gags are uneven.
John: sotto voce, just barely in range: “In the army, perhaps.”
From Salon
“There’s barely anything left on that pig,” he says, pointing to it as proof that the night was a success.
From Los Angeles Times
The lights were changing every second, and he never stopped moving — running, jumping, connecting with the crowd like the stage could barely contain him.
From Los Angeles Times
Crowds pressed around an ice rink blasting Christmas classics, barely audible over the joyous screams of children swaying on a pendulum ride nearby.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
