as in slightly
by a very small margin
we barely made it to the church on time
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For decades, conservative media figures barely acknowledged Watergate—Liddy and Hewitt were outliers.
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Made By History, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
But Giddens herself has often experienced her own career as a lonely, even alienating exercise in trying to carve an industry path that barely previously existed.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Though that barely clears the film's reported $180 million budget (a number that's been called into question), the Marvel superhero romp passed $400 million at the global box office this weekend.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The bridges are barely a few millimeters wide, hollowed out to save even more weight, while the winding rotor has been minimized to the essentials.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Made By History, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
But Giddens herself has often experienced her own career as a lonely, even alienating exercise in trying to carve an industry path that barely previously existed.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Though that barely clears the film's reported $180 million budget (a number that's been called into question), the Marvel superhero romp passed $400 million at the global box office this weekend.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The bridges are barely a few millimeters wide, hollowed out to save even more weight, while the winding rotor has been minimized to the essentials.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Barely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barely. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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