Barely and Nowadays

Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.

Nowadays and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nowadays" instead an adverb "Barely".

Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Nowadays

Nowadays adverb - At the present time.

Barely and nowadays are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb "Nowadays".

Nearby Word: nowaday

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Elves vs. Dwarves Nowadays, the Falmer exist as Morlock-like monstrosities, leaving them blind, feral and barely sentient.
  • Nowadays, this goal is barely referenced, and Ash seems to be going around fighting Pokémon battles for the heck of it.
  • Yet not even the fact that Hawkes himself starred in it seemed to help "Buddy's Song" (the film the song came from), which was barely known at the time and is all but forgotten nowadays.
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