Barely
Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Insufficiently and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insufficiently" instead an adverb "Barely".
Insufficiently
Insufficiently adverb - To an insufficient degree.
Barely and insufficiently are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb "Insufficiently".
Nearby Words: insufficient, insufficiency
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- somewhat and barely
- somewhat and insufficiently
- ill and barely
- ill and insufficiently
- scarcely and barely
- scarcely and insufficiently
- scantily and barely
- scantily and insufficiently
- notably and barely
- notably and insufficiently
- incompletely and barely
- incompletely and insufficiently
- partly and barely
- partly and insufficiently
Both words in one sentence
- Insufficiently Advanced Alien: in Endless Ether, the alternate Cirno is a member of a very primitive race given technology she barely understands by a much more advanced alien race.
Source: Roleplay / Shifting Worlds - After she is jilted by her first love, she falls into a despair and eventually, after months of barely eating or sleeping, she stays out for hours in a rainstorm while insufficiently wrapped up.
Source: Not Himself
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