| 单词 | barely |
| 释义 | barely (once / 299 pages) adv Something barely there is hardly there at all. So a barely dressed person is nearly naked. Barely is a word meaning hardly, nearly, scarcely, or marginally. If there is barely a dusting of snow, there is hardly any snow at all. If your team barely won a game, then they came really close to losing. A person who is barely dressed is scantily dressed: hardly dressed at all. If you barely missed an ice cream truck, then you missed it by seconds. This is a word for near misses and close calls. WORD FAMILYbare: bared, barely, bareness, barer, bares, barest, baring+/baring: barings USAGE EXAMPLESIt is barely shy of the $400 million mark globally, Disney officials report. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Melania Trump’s barely hidden misogyny revealed itself in her softball interview with Anderson Cooper in October. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) The 1 percent savings, which may be pretax, is often so small that it the change is barely detectable in your monthly income. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adv in a sparse or scanty way a barely furnished room Syn scantily 2adv only a very short time before they could barely hear the speaker Syn hardly, just, scarce, scarcely |
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