definition of
barely

[1] #1 barely r. [hardly, just, scarcely, scarce] only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Ye. wn

[2] #2 barely r. [scantily] in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room". wn