Bearly vs. Barely

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  • Bearly (adjective)

    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.

  • Bearly (adjective)

    misspelling of burly

  • Barely (adverb)

    By a small margin.

  • Barely (adverb)

    Almost not at all.

    “The plane is so far away now I can barely see it.”

    “Yes, it is barely visible.”

  • Barely (adverb)

    merely.

Wiktionary
  • Barely (adverb)

    only just; almost not

    “a barely perceptible pause”

    “she nodded, barely able to speak”

  • Barely (adverb)

    only a very short time before

    “they had barely sat down before forty policemen swarmed in”

  • Barely (adverb)

    in a simple and sparse way

    “their barely furnished house”

  • Barely (adverb)

    openly; explicitly.

Oxford Dictionary

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