Definitions of barely

1. by a small margin; " they could barely hear the speaker"; " we hardly knew them"; " just missed being hit"; " had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; " would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W. B. Yeats

2. Without covering; nakedly.

3. Without concealment or disguise.

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.

5. Only just; scarcely; boldly; plainly.

6. In a bare manner.