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View definitions for barely

barely

adjective as in not quite

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He was in pain, and had barely eaten in days.

From BBC

He barely ever practiced law and spent his entire time in Congress as a political gadfly.

From Salon

At first, she kept anonymous and barely showed her face in videos or images.

Trump did sign a massive tax cut in his first year in office, but after that, he barely even bothered to pretend he had a legislative agenda.

From Salon

Sri Lanka’s 17.1 million voters head to the polls again on Thursday to vote in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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