Barely and In public

Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.

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

Nearby Words: bare, bareness

In public

In public adverb - In a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly.
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Synonyms for In public

Barely and in public are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Barely" with "In public", this terms are similar.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Wardrobe Malfunction Happens repeatedly to Baya, the lead female character of The Names of Love, but she's so absent-minded that she barely even notices when her breasts spill out of her clothes in public.
  • Fainting In Girl Genius, Gil manages to just barely avoid this in public after his single-handed victory over a small army attacking Mechanicsburg;
    Source: Fainting
  • In public, he's seen reading classics like El Cid; in private he reads Nancy Drew with barely-concealed glee.
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