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Meanings of barely enough in English

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Usage of barely enough in English
1
There's barely enough fresh food for the army and the government leaders.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
2
Here, it was barely enough to carry as far as Miller's chair.
Leviathan Wakes
3
It was barely enough time to be briefed and get into place.
Dark pursuit
4
All Grandpa took in was barely enough for food and shop rent.
Across the Fruited Plain
5
We had had barely enough ammunition for some of those great creatures.
The Last Ship
6
There was barely enough space on the mirrorwood floor for it all.
Woken furies
7
That's barely enough time to slug an EnormoCola and scoff a GigantaBucket.
The Irish Times
8
It was cramped, with barely enough room for the desk and chair.
Blind Man's Alley
9
They made slow progress, the thin air barely enough to sustain them.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
10
There was barely enough light to guide her through the darkened node.
Gravity
11
Even a lifetime's training in constraint was barely enough to master it.
The pretender's crown
12
We have barely enough to cover everybody on double full moon night.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
13
Spring found him with barely enough money to pay his way back.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
14
The flickering fire was barely enough to hold back the encroaching darkness.
The Irda (Children of the Stars)
15
He had barely enough in the bottle for a couple of shots.
The next to die
16
There's barely enough left over to keep up the sham of dividends.
A Beautiful Possibility
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common