{
    "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
}