BabelNet

bn:00114504r

Adverb Concept

barely hardly just scarcely scarce

Only a very short time before WordNet 3.0

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Only a very short time before WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Scarcely or only just. OmegaWiki

They could barely hear the speaker WordNet 3.0

We hardly knew them WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Just missed being hit WordNet 3.0

Had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave WordNet 3.0

Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave - W.B.Yeats Open English WordNet

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce

OmegaWiki

barely