Englishfor English speakers
barely
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adverb
(= hardly, just, scarcely, scarce)
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
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adverb
in a sparse or scanty way
a barely furnished room
legal
Adjective
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If an activity is legal it does not break any laws.
In Canada, it is perfectly legal for a woman to walk down the street with no shirt on.
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A legal problem, action, fee, etc. is related to the law or lawyers.
After losing the court case, he had to pay over $30,000 in legal fees.
The government brought legal action against three cigarette makers.