Barely
Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Wildly
Wildly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: trespassers make the recluse wildly angry
Nearby Word: wild
Both words in one sentence
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Naked People Are Funny: Two wildly different interpretations of this trope are presented in "Pethouse Video" and "Son of the Invisible Man" Oblivious Janitor Cut: A street sweeper barely notices a body hitting the sidewalk behind him in a shower of broken glass.
Source: Film / Amazon Women on the Moon -
Combine this with the fact that every gun is wildly accurate, and you can easily have situations where you line up a headshot from across the loaded map to where you can barely see the enemy textures, and it will work.
Source: Video Game / Metal Gear -
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Itsuki barely avoids death at the claws of a pack of Darkers, the sight of the boosted Goldrahda that he couldn't kill causes him to fly into a rage, wildly swinging at thin air while the Goldrahda dodges all of his attacks.
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