Barely
Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Extraordinarily and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extraordinarily" instead an adverb "Barely".
Extraordinarily
Barely and extraordinarily are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb "Extraordinarily".
Nearby Word: extraordinary
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- extremely and barely
- extremely and extraordinarily
- absolutely and barely
- absolutely and extraordinarily
- seldom and barely
- seldom and extraordinarily
- rarely and barely
- rarely and extraordinarily
- infrequently and barely
- infrequently and extraordinarily
- extra and barely
- extra and extraordinarily
- particularly and barely
- particularly and extraordinarily
Both words in one sentence
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The titular pirates of The Pirates of Penzance are so extraordinarily Lawful Stupid that they're barely even pirates by the time of the play.
Source: Lawful Stupid - Those Thunderbirds are extraordinarily fast—the situation has barely had time to decay when they arrive.
Source: Instant Emergency Response -
Most are unable to love, and they are all extraordinarily intelligent from an eerily young age, causing children barely old enough to walk to make penetrating insights to their caretakers.
Source: Literature / Second Apocalypse
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