adv.
Barely is used with these adjectives: ↑ able , ↑ adequate , ↑ alive , ↑ audible , ↑ awake , ↑ aware , ↑ capable , ↑ clothed , ↑ coherent , ↑ comprehensible , ↑ conceivable , ↑ conscious , ↑ credible , ↑ discernible , ↑ distinguishable , ↑ dry , ↑ feasible , ↑ furnished , ↑ habitable , ↑ imaginable , ↑ intelligible , ↑ legible , ↑ light , ↑ literate , ↑ noticeable , ↑ perceptible , ↑ profitable , ↑ recognizable , ↑ repressed , ↑ submerged , ↑ sufficient , ↑ tolerable , ↑ visible , ↑ worth
Barely is used with these verbs: ↑ acknowledge , ↑ affect , ↑ afford , ↑ avoid , ↑ breathe , ↑ brush , ↑ budge , ↑ cling , ↑ comprehend , ↑ conceal , ↑ cover , ↑ dare , ↑ dent , ↑ discern , ↑ eat , ↑ escape , ↑ exceed , ↑ feed , ↑ finish , ↑ fit , ↑ flinch , ↑ function , ↑ glance , ↑ hear , ↑ hesitate , ↑ hide , ↑ illuminate , ↑ imagine , ↑ know , ↑ light , ↑ listen , ↑ manage , ↑ mask , ↑ mention , ↑ merit , ↑ miss , ↑ notice , ↑ pause , ↑ penetrate , ↑ qualify , ↑ reach , ↑ recognize , ↑ refrain , ↑ register , ↑ remember , ↑ repress , ↑ resemble , ↑ restrain , ↑ see , ↑ skim , ↑ sleep , ↑ slow , ↑ spare , ↑ stir , ↑ summon , ↑ suppress , ↑ survive , ↑ sustain , ↑ tolerate , ↑ touch , ↑ understand , ↑ whisper