Barely and Not very

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Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.

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Not very and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Not very" instead an adverb "Barely".

Nearby Words: bare, bareness

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Barely and not very are semantically related. You can use "Barely" instead an adverb phrase "Not very".

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Not very many people can be considered a hero after being convicted of murder and arson, but Okonkwo barely pulls it off.

Source: Literature / Things Fall Apart
The bounty in itself is not very impressive, barely notable in the first half of the Grand Line, and nothing in the New World.

Source: Smug Snake / Anime and Manga
If a character that's not very important dies, it's only barely acknowledged.

Source: Anime / Legend of Galactic Heroes

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