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{
"term": "barely",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He could barely read and write."
},
{
"text": "The music was barely audible."
},
{
"text": "She was barely able to stand."
},
{
"text": "We barely had time to catch the train."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "in a way that almost does not happen or exist",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She barely acknowledged his presence."
},
{
"text": "There was barely any smell."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "just; certainly not more than (a particular amount, age, time, etc.)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Barely 50% of the population voted."
},
{
"text": "He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company."
},
{
"text": "They arrived barely a minute later."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "only a very short time before",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbeəli/",
"audio": "ba/barely/barely__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈberli/",
"audio": "ba/barely/barely__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}