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The definition of barely is 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

adverb

  1. without covering or disguise; plainly: stating the unpleasant facts barely
  2. only just; no more than: barely enough to eat
  3. meagerly; scantily: a barely furnished room

See barely in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb
  1. By a very little; hardly: could barely see the road in the fog.
  2. In a scanty manner; sparsely: a barely furnished room.

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