Barely and Little

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Barely adverb - By a very small margin.

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Little is a synonym for barely in frequency topic. In some cases you can use "Little" instead an adverb "Barely".

Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Little adverb - In a very small quantity or degree.

Usage example: we had little more than we needed to survive in the wilderness

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Barely is a synonym for little in hardly topic. You can use "Barely" instead an adverb "Little", if it concerns topics such as frequency, infrequently.

Nearby Word: littleness

Anything that's not a Beholder is barely worth acknowledging — little more than a fly to be swatted when it wanders too close, or a potential servant.

Source: Fantastic Racism / Tabletop Games
The two of them barely spoken and have little interaction with each other, and the little they have is hostile.

Source: Ships That Pass in the Night
The Sisterhood have become part of the main cast, while characters with little influence on the comic's new themes such as God, the Dragon, Buddha, and even Criminy are barely seen.

Source: Webcomic / Sinfest

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