At most and Barely

At most

At most adverb - Not more than.
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Barely and at most are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Barely" instead an adverb phrase "At most".

Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.

At most and barely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "At most" instead an adverb "Barely".

Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Both terms in one sentence

  • Disney / The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea Mum Looks Like a Sister: Ariel looks almost identical to how she looked in the first film —barely a bit older, at most— and could be mistaken as the older sister of her daughter Melody.
  • Temporary Love Interest: Gold Petals was this... for maybe thirty chapters in Austraeoh at most, and has barely been mentioned in the story since.
  • Whereas the comics Bane was smart enough to come up with a plan to beat Batman, the movie Bane was barely able to speak, only engaging in Hulk Speak and saying one or two words at most when he did.
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