BARELY
ADVERBS
1325 — BARE barely, scarcely; no more than, at most → arch.
1375 — NARROWLY barely, scarcely → obs.
1560 — WITH THE SKIN OF ONE’S TEETH barely, with difficulty, narrowly
1589 — NAKEDLY barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly → obs.
1796 — SCRIMP barely, scarcely → Sc. obs.
1805 — SCRIMPLY barely, scarcely → Sc.
1877 — SCANT barely, scarcely, hardly → Sc.
1893 — BY THE SKIN OF ONE’S TEETH barely, with difficulty, narrowly
1894 — FAIR barely, scarcely → Amer. dial.
1905 — HARD AND SHARP barely, scarcely, hardly, with difficulty → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — BY A NOSE barely, by a narrow margin → Amer. sl.
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