By a narrow margin (6)

I believe the answer is:

barely

(Other definitions for barely that I've seen before include "how babies are born?" , "Hardly" , "as Godiva rode?" , "By a small margin" , "just a short while before" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

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