barely
🇺🇸
/ˈberli/
🇬🇧
/ˈbeəli/
adverb
B2
only just; with great difficulty
We barely made it to the meeting on time.
C1
almost not; hardly at all
There was barely any food left after the party.
C1
only; not more than
He is barely five years old.
R
only a moment before
I had barely finished when the phone rang.
translation
only just; with great difficulty; almost not; hardly at all; only; not more than; only a moment before