barely

adverbs

only a very short time before
"they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "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
barely, hardly, just, scarce, scarcely
in a sparse or scanty way
"a barely furnished room"
barely, scantily
is derived from
bare