BARELY
Scrabble letter values: B3A1R1E1L1Y4 = 11
Definition
- adverb only a very short time before. — synonyms: hardly, just, scarcely, scarce
- adverb almost not. — synonyms: hardly, scarcely, scarce
- adverb by a little. — synonyms: just
Examples
- “we hardly knew them”
- “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”