Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BARELIES, adv. Scarcely, barely, hardly.Bnff. 1787 W. Taylor Sc. Poems 8:
I still got liv't, for a' the dearth, Tho' sometimes barelies.Bnff.2 1933:
Hiv ye aneuch o' seed for the north feedle? Barelies!Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 51:
As fou's a puggie maist o the week,
that snochert whiles he could barelies speak
but sat, heid doon a' haverin
aye tae himsel, mumpin, slaverin,
reid i the neb, cramasie i the cheek.
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