Definition of barely

"barely" in the adverb sense

1. barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce

only a very short time before

"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

2. hardly, scarcely, barely, scarce

almost not

"he hardly ever goes fishing"

"he was scarce sixteen years old"

"they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

"I can hardly hear what she is saying"

"she barely seemed to notice him"

"we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles"

3. barely, just

by a little

"I only just caught the bus"

"he finished the marathon in just under 3 hours"

"it was barely 5 a.m."

"the network has barely 5 percent of viewers"

"the batter just missed being hit"

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Quotations for barely

If you do no more than barely wish me well, you are no brother of mine. [ Proverb ]

barely in Scrabble®

The word barely is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters barely:

BLEARY
(45)
BARLEY
(45)
BARELY
(45)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word barely

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In barely

BLEARY
(45)
BARLEY
(45)
BARELY
(45)
BARLEY
(42)
BERYL
(42)
YERBA
(42)
BLEARY
(42)
BELAY
(42)
BARELY
(42)
YERBA
(39)
ABLY
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BERYL
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BRAY
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(33)
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YARE
(33)
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(33)
BLEARY
(33)
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(33)
BERYL
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barely in Words With Friends™

The word barely is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters barely:

BARLEY
(66)
BLEARY
(66)
BARLEY
(66)
BARELY
(66)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word barely

BARELY
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(60)
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(54)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In barely

BARLEY
(66)
BLEARY
(66)
BARLEY
(66)
BARELY
(66)
BARELY
(60)
BLEARY
(60)
BLEARY
(60)
BARLEY
(60)
BARELY
(60)
BERYL
(57)
BELAY
(57)
BLEARY
(54)
BARLEY
(54)
YERBA
(54)
BARELY
(54)
BLEAR
(51)
BLARE
(51)
BERYL
(51)
ABLER
(51)
BRAY
(51)
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(51)
BELAY
(51)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(45)
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(44)
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(42)
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(38)
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(36)
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(36)
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(34)
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(33)
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Words within the letters of barely

2 letter words in barely (10 words)

3 letter words in barely (18 words)

4 letter words in barely (14 words)

5 letter words in barely (11 words)

6 letter words in barely (Anagrams) (3 words)

barely + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence barely

Words that start with barely (1 word)

Words with barely in them (1 word)

Words that end with barely (1 word)

Word Growth involving barely

Shorter words in barely

ar are bare

re are bare

ar bar bare

el rely

re rely

Longer words containing barely

(No longer words found)