barely

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə.li/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈbɛːlɪj/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈbɛɹ.li/
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• US: /ˈbeɹ.li/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• Australian: /ˈbeː.li/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈbeəli/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ˈbiəli/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /ˈbeɾ.le/
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• Scotland: /-lɪ/
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• Scotland: /-li/
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• /ˈbɜː(ɹ)lɪ/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)li
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• CMU ARPABET: B EH1 R L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English baarly, bareliche, barely, barly, from Old English bærlīċe, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بِٱلْكَاد (bi-l-kād) — by a small margin
• Arabic: يا دوب (yā dūb) — by a small margin
• Arabic: ياالله (yālla) — by a small margin
• Arabic: بالكاد (bil-kād) — by a small margin
• Arabic: أنجق (ánjaq) — by a small margin
• Armenian: հազիվ (haziv) — by a small margin
• Belarusian: ледзь (ljedzʹ) — by a small margin
• Belarusian: ле́дзьве (ljédzʹvje) — by a small margin
• Belarusian: то́лькі (tólʹki) — by a small margin
• Bulgarian: едва́ (edvá) — by a small margin
• Bulgarian: са́мо (sámo) — by a small margin
• Catalan: a penes — by a small margin
• Catalan: amb prou feines — by a small margin
• Chinese Cantonese: 僅僅 /仅仅 (gan2 gan2) — by a small margin
• Chinese Mandarin: 僅僅 /仅仅 (jǐnjǐn) — by a small margin
• Czech: sotva — by a small margin
• Dutch: nauwelijks — by a small margin
• Dutch: amper — by a small margin
• Dutch: kuim — by a small margin
• Esperanto: apenaŭ — by a small margin
• Finnish: tuskin — by a small margin
• Finnish: töin tuskin — by a small margin
• Finnish: hädin tuskin — by a small margin
• Finnish: juuri ja juuri — by a small margin
• Finnish: nipin napin — by a small margin
• Finnish: täpärästi — by a small margin
• French: à peine — by a small margin
• German: kaum — by a small margin
• Ancient Greek: μόλις (mólis) — by a small margin
• Hebrew: בקושי (bekóshi) — by a small margin
• Hungarian: alig — by a small margin
• Ido: apene — by a small margin
• Italian: appena — by a small margin
• Japanese: ぎりぎり (girigiri) — by a small margin
• Korean: 겨우 (gyeou) — by a small margin
• Latin: vix — by a small margin
• Latvian: tikko — by a small margin
• Limburgish: koum — by a small margin
• Limburgish: amper — by a small margin
• Limburgish: hèllik — by a small margin
• Macedonian: одвај (odvaj) — by a small margin
• Macedonian: само (samo) — by a small margin
• Norwegian: så vidt — by a small margin
• Ojibwe: agaawaa — by a small margin
• Church Slavic: ѥдва (jedva) — by a small margin
• Church Slavic: ѥдъва (jedŭva) — by a small margin
• Persian: بزحمت (bezahmat) — by a small margin
• Persian: بسختی (besaxti) — by a small margin
• Polish: ledwo — by a small margin
• Polish: ledwie — by a small margin
• Polish: tylko — by a small margin
• Portuguese: apenas — by a small margin
• Romanian: de abia — by a small margin
• Russian: едва́ (jedvá) — by a small margin
• Russian: е́ле-е́ле (jéle-jéle) — by a small margin
• Russian: лишь (lišʹ) — by a small margin
• Russian: то́лько (tólʹko) — by a small margin
• Northern Sami: illá — by a small margin
• Campidanese Sardinian: appenas — by a small margin
• Sardinian: accalaítzu — by a small margin
• Sardinian: azìgu — by a small margin
• Sardinian: izu — by a small margin
• Sassarese: aìzu — by a small margin
• Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn — by a small margin
• Serbo-Croatian: је̏два — by a small margin
• Serbo-Croatian: са̏мо — by a small margin
• Serbo-Croatian: jȅdva — by a small margin
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁmo — by a small margin
• Slovak: sotva — by a small margin
• Slovak: ledva — by a small margin
• Slovene: kọ̑maj — by a small margin
• Slovene: samo — by a small margin
• Spanish: apenas — by a small margin
• Spanish: malavés — by a small margin
• Spanish: malavez — by a small margin
• Spanish: aína — by a small margin
• Spanish: con las justas — by a small margin
• Spanish: por poco — by a small margin
• Spanish: aínas — by a small margin
• Spanish: a malavés — by a small margin
• Spanish: a malavez — by a small margin
• Swedish: precis — by a small margin
• Ukrainian: ле́две (lédve) — by a small margin
• Ukrainian: ті́льки (tílʹky) — by a small margin
• Ukrainian: лише́ (lyšé) — by a small margin
• Yiddish: קוים (koym) — by a small margin
• Bulgarian: едва́ (edvá) — almost not at all
• Czech: téměř vůbec — almost not at all
• Esperanto: apenaŭ — almost not at all
• Finnish: tuskin — almost not at all
• Finnish: hädin tuskin — almost not at all
• Finnish: juuri ja juuri — almost not at all
• Finnish: nipin napin — almost not at all
• Finnish: tuskin lainkaan — almost not at all
• French: à peine — almost not at all
• Galician: aínda ben non — almost not at all
• Georgian: ძლივს (ʒlivs) — almost not at all
• German: gerade noch — almost not at all
• German: kaum — almost not at all
• Hungarian: alig — almost not at all
• Hungarian: nemigen — almost not at all
• Icelandic: varla — almost not at all
• Italian: a malapena — almost not at all
• Latin: vix — almost not at all
• Norwegian: nesten ikke — almost not at all
• Old English: unēaþe — almost not at all
• Polish: ledwo — almost not at all
• Polish: ledwie — almost not at all
• Portuguese: mal — almost not at all
• Russian: е́ле (jéle) — almost not at all
• Russian: едва́ (jedvá) — almost not at all
• Russian: почти́ не (počtí ne) — almost not at all
• Northern Sami: illá — almost not at all
• Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn — almost not at all
• Spanish: apenas — almost not at all
• Spanish: de papayita — almost not at all
• Spanish: malavés — almost not at all
• Spanish: malavez — almost not at all
• Spanish: con las justas — almost not at all
• Spanish: a malavés — almost not at all
• Spanish: a malavez — almost not at all
• Swedish: knappt — almost not at all
• Uzbek: zo’rg’a — almost not at all
• Yiddish: קוים (koym) — almost not at all