Barely and But

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Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
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But and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "But" instead an adverb "Barely".
Nearby Words: bare, bareness

But

But adverb - And nothing more.
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Barely and but are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb "But".

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