different between virtually vs barely
virtually
English
Etymology
virtual +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?t??u??i]
Adverb
virtually (comparative more virtually, superlative most virtually)
- Almost but not quite.
- Synonym: as good as
- Without exaggeration.
- In essence, but not in fact.
- (algebra) Of a substructure of finite index.
- (topology) Of a covering space of finite index.
Translations
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barely
English
Etymology
bare +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b??(?).li/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b??.li/
- Rhymes: -??(?)li
- Hyphenation: bare?ly
Adverb
barely (not comparable)
- (degree) By a small margin.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press (1973), section 8:
- It becomes, therefore, no inconsiderable part of science barely to know the different operations of mind,
- 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
- ‘It is barely possible you may hear of a ghost, a Phantom of the Opera!’
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press (1973), section 8:
- (degree) Almost not at all.
- (archaic) merely.
Usage notes
It is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
- Compare
- with
Synonyms
- (degree): hardly, scarcely
- (barely, almost not or not quite): hardly, just, only just, scarcely
Translations
Anagrams
- Barley, Braley, barley, bearly, bleary
barely From the web:
- what barely means
- what barely visible means
- what barely in tagalog
- what barely means in spanish
- what barely-get-by
- what barely means in urdu
- what barley is called in hindi
- what barely have
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