The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HAIR which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2007.
By a __ (barely) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAIR | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: By a __ (barely)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- almost
- just
- only
- scarcely
- bare
- edgewise
- one
- hardly
- ill
- little
- marginally
- merely
Crossword Answer definitions
HAIR noun- A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
- Haircloth; a hair shirt.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy
- To remove the hair from.
- To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- To cause to have hair; to provide with hair
- To string the bow for a violin.
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