barely

barely is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Without covering; nakedly. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. Without covering; nakedly.
2. adverb. Without concealment or disguise.
3. adverb. Merely; only.
4. adverb. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
5. adverb. only a very short time before- W.B.Yeats

   "they could barely hear the speaker"

   "we hardly knew them"

   Synonyms: hardly, just, scarce, scarcely

6. adverb. in a sparse or scanty way

   "a barely furnished room"

   Synonyms: scantily

Synonyms

hardly, just, scarce, scarcely, scantily

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in barely:

barley, bleary, yerbal

Words from these letters

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