adverb. By a very little; hardly.

adverb. In a scanty manner; sparsely.

Nakedly; openly; without disguise or concealment.

Scantily; poorly: as, a man barely clad, or a room barely furnished.

Only just; no more than; with nothing over or to spare: as, she is barely sixteen.

Merely; only.

adverb. Without covering; nakedly.

adverb. Without concealment or disguise.

adverb. Merely; only.

adverb. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare (of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly.

adverb. By a small margin.

adverb. Almost not at all.

adverb. merely.

adverb. in a sparse or scanty way

adverb. only a very short time before