Clues for the word "BARELY"
We've had 26 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 47 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on December 17, 2025.
Definition of barely
- adv. - Without covering; nakedly.
- adv. - Without concealment or disguise.
- adv. - Merely; only.
- adv. - But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
Referring Clues
- Just
- By the skin of one's teeth
- Only just
- By a hair
- By a nose, say
- With no room to spare
- By a whisker
- Scarcely
- By a small margin
- Hardly any
- Just move by earl
- By a very small margin
- Not quite in the altogether
- Hardly a bachelor to depend on!
- Just how streaker runs
- Just lean on Jack when he returns above
- Just how Lady Godiva rode
- By a nose
- Only just see under counter
- Just by real ground
- A bachelor has to bank on being just
- How the ecdysiast only just succeeds?
- Hardly a barley product
- By a narrow margin
- Hardly a source of barley?
- Just slightly
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 23, 2025
- USA Today - January 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 29, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 20, 2023
- USA Today - December 23, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 29, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 01, 2022
- Daily Quick - July 02, 2022
- New York Times - June 09, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 09, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2017
- Mirror Quick - December 02, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 14, 2017
- Family Time - May 21, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - February 28, 2017
- Netword - January 22, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 18, 2016
- New York Times - June 09, 2016
- Universal - September 06, 2015
- Guardian Quick - July 28, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 13, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 30, 2014
- LA Times - September 14, 2013
- Guardian Everyman - May 05, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - February 11, 2013
- And in 17 more crossword puzzles...