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barely

Barely describes something that is just enough, with nothing left over. (adverb)

If you have five dollars and lunch costs five dollars that is an example that you can barely pay for lunch.

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See barely in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See barely in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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