Barely
Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Inadequately and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inadequately" instead an adverb "Barely".
Inadequately
Inadequately adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Barely and inadequately are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb "Inadequately".
Nearby Words: inadequate, inadequacy
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- enough and barely
- enough and inadequately
- fairly and barely
- fairly and inadequately
- ill and barely
- ill and inadequately
- sufficiently and barely
- sufficiently and inadequately
- not much and barely
- not much and inadequately
- scarcely and barely
- scarcely and inadequately
- scantily and barely
- scantily and inadequately
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