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Word Meanings - BARELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Without covering; nakedly. 2. Without concealment or disguise. 3. Merely; only. R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak. 4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.);

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1. Without covering; nakedly. 2. Without concealment or disguise. 3. Merely; only. R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak. 4. 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.

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  • MERELY
    1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman. 2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. Swift. Syn. -- Solely; simply;
  • SINGLY
    1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good. 2. Only; by one's self; alone. Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. Shak. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack
  • SIMPLY
    1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely. make that now good or evil, . . . which otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the other. Hooker. Simply the thing I am Shall make
  • SOLELY
    Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.
  • NARROWLY
    1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner. 2. Without much extent; contractedly. 3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly. 4. With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly;
  • HARDLY
    1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden. 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton. 3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad,
  • BARELY
    1. Without covering; nakedly. 2. Without concealment or disguise. 3. Merely; only. R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak. 4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.);
  • LOSINGLY
    In a manner to incur loss.
  • DEBASINGLY
    In a manner to debase.
  • DESPISINGLY
    Contemptuously.
  • INCREASINGLY
    More and more.
  • DISPOSINGLY
    In a manner to dispose.
  • PAUSINGLY
    With pauses; haltingly. Shak.
  • IMPOSINGLY
    In an imposing manner.
  • SCARCE; SCARCELY
    1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. With a scarce well-lighted flame. Milton. The eldest scarcely five year was of age. Chaucer. Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides. Dryden. He had scarcely finished, when the laborer
  • MISSINGLY
    With a sense of loss. Shak.
  • PROSINGLY
    Prosily.
  • ACCUSINGLY
    In an accusing manner.
  • CARESSINGLY
    In caressing manner.
  • ROUSINGLY
    In a rousing manner.
  • GUESSINGLY
    By way of conjecture. Shak.

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