barely

adverb5

1. •
   only just, by a very small amount

   • I barely completed my homework. However, I got a score of 5 for it.
2. •
   Almost not at all.

   • The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.
   • Yes, it is barely visible.
3. •
   Recently, just now.

   • I barely got to the store.
4. •
   (rare) Openly, clearly, plainly.

   • First here is the Resurrection of our Saviour barely and positively affirmed, whom God hath raised up. — 1671
5. •
   (no longer used) Merely.

   • Now that fire do's not alwayes barely separate the Elementary parts, but sometimes at least alter also the Ingredients of Bodies […] — 1661