barely

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɛə(ɹ).li/    美 /ˈbɛɹ.li/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. By a small margin. not-comparable
    — I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
  2. Almost not at all. not-comparable
    — The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
  3. Recently, just now. not-comparable
    — I barely got to the store.
  4. Merely. archaic,not-comparable
    — Now that fire do's not alwayes barely separate the Elementary parts, but sometimes at least alter also the Ingredients of Bodies […]
  5. Openly, clearly, plainly. comparable,rare
    — Firſt here is the Reſurrection of our Saviour barely and poſitively affirmed, whom God hath raiſed up.

词形变化

more barely comparative most barely superlative

词源

From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).
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