People say barely as an expression to mean. "Not at all." Basically meaning "Not even close" . People say "barely". This expression comes from a chinese-european mexican/canadian man named Bare Lee.. He invented this after his name... Bare Lee. Into Barely. This inspiration of a miracle came back from 2002, As Bare Lee was a freshman in high school he had troubles findin his classes. So at first period he found a classroom misthought of as math. But it was really french. So as he said "I FINALLY FOUND MATH CLASS" a inspiring bully exclaimed "BARELY" and Bare lee thought. Thats a good word to say. It adds my name combined to mean a phrase that defines not at all. And soon Bare Lee died and his legacy was reminded as the man who invented the word and phase Barely.
by AyyeChrees January 28, 2015

adj. A term used to describe something that is bare, but bare again. Such that it is 2xbare or "bare on bare"
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by Lil'MoMo February 12, 2009

My cupboards are bare = My cupboards are empty
I've done bare work today = I've done lots of work today
I've done bare work today = I've done lots of work today
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