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Just having nothing to wear? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barely

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'just' is the definition.
(barely can mean only just)

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

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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