Barely and Mortally

Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.

Mortally is an antonym for barely.

Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Mortally

Mortally adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: I'm mortally certain that I've seen that guy before

Barely is an antonym for mortally.

Nearby Words: mortal, mortality

Both words in one sentence

  • Heston actually delivers the line in a barely audible whisper from a stretcher after being mortally wounded.
  • You Are Not Alone At the end of Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Kurt Ambrose is mortally wounded and barely able to stay conscious when the Elite commander approaches the rapidly closing portal that Kurt had stayed to defend.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: In Chapter 6, mortally wounded and barely combat-effective, Yamato decides to invoke Operation Ten-Go, to deliberately draw Abyssal attention on herself, away from Okinawa's civilian population.
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