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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
connected
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adjective
(= affiliated, attached)
being joined in close association
affiliated clubs
all art schools whether independent or attached to universities
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adjective
joined or linked together
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adjective
wired together to an alarm system
all the window alarms are connected
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adjective
plugged in
first check to see whether the appliance is connected
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adjective
(= machine-accessible)
stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer