barelyPronunciation: /ˈbɛːli/Translate barely | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of barely adverb 1only just; almost not:she nodded, barely able to speak [as submodifier]:a barely perceptible pause only a very short time before:they had barely sat down before forty policemen swarmed in 2in a simple and sparse way:their barely furnished house 3 archaic openly; explicitly. barely in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of barely in the US English dictionary
