Barely and Gently

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Barely adverb - By a very small margin.

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Gently and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gently" instead an adverb "Barely".

Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Gently adverb - In a gentle manner.

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Barely and gently are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb "Gently".

Nearby Words: gentle, gentling, gentility, gentled

Rachel gently turned him down and the incident was barely mentioned again until Season 9 when Joey got a new girlfriend and all of a sudden, Rachel gets a crush on Joey!

Source: Strangled by the Red String
In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Gordon Way is killed while leaving a message on an answering machine; his spirit lingers until he is able to finish the message, hampered by only barely being able to manipulate the physical world.

Source: Ghostly Goals

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