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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "barely"
},
"expansion": "Middle English barely",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "baarly"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English barely, baarly, barly, bareliche, equivalent to bare + -ly. Compare Danish bare (“only, just”), Norwegian bare (“only, just”).",
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{
"text": "1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie\n‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’"
},
{
"ref": "1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 670",
"text": "As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained.",
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}
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"By a small margin."
],
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"(degree) By a small margin."
],
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"roman": "bi-l-kād",
"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "بِٱلْكَاد"
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"sense": "by a small margin",
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"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "ледзь"
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"word": "amb prou feines"
},
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"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "僅僅"
},
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"word": "nauwelijks"
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},
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"code": "he",
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"word": "בקושי"
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"word": "apene"
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"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "appena"
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"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "ぎりぎり"
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"word": "겨우"
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"word": "så vidt"
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"word": "agaawaa"
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"word": "de abia"
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"word": "едва́"
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"word": "е́ле-е́ле"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "air èiginn"
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"word": "sotva"
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"word": "ledva"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "kọ̑maj"
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"word": "samo"
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"word": "apenas"
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"word": "precis"
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"roman": "lédve",
"sense": "by a small margin",
"word": "ле́две"
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"word": "ті́льки"
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"text": "The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.",
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{
"text": "Yes, it is barely visible.",
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{
"ref": "2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "In contrast to what was to come, City were barely allowed any time to settle on the ball in the opening exchanges, with Ashley Young prominent and drawing heavy fouls from Micah Richards and James Milner.",
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"Almost not at all."
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"(degree) Almost not at all."
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "едва́"
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "téměř vůbec"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "apenaŭ"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "tuskin"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "hädin tuskin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "juuri ja juuri"
},
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"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "nipin napin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "tuskin lainkaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "à peine"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "aínda ben non"
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"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒlivs",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "ძლივს"
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{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "gerade noch"
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{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "kaum"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "alig"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "nemigen"
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{
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "varla"
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{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "a malapena"
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{
"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "vix"
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{
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"code": "se",
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"word": "illá"
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"_dis1": "0 99 1",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "nesten ikke"
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"_dis1": "0 99 1",
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "unēaþe"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "ledwo"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "ledwie"
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "mal"
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"roman": "jéle",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "е́ле"
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"word": "едва́"
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"word": "почти́ не"
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},
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "fi",
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},
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"code": "fi",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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},
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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},
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sc",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
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},
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sl",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "hädin tuskin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "juuri ja juuri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
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},
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"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "almost not at all",
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ʒlivs",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "ძლივს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "gerade noch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "kaum"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
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},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "varla"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "a malapena"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "vix"
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{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "illá"
},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "nesten ikke"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "unēaþe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "ledwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "ledwie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "mal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jéle",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "е́ле"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jedvá",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "едва́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtí ne",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "почти́ не"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "air èiginn"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "apenas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "knappt"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "koym",
"sense": "almost not at all",
"word": "קוים"
}
],
"word": "barely"
}
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