Barely
Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Once in a while and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Once in a while" instead an adverb "Barely".
Once in a while
Once in a while adverb - Now and then or here and there.
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Synonyms for Once in a while
Barely and once in a while are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb phrase "Once in a while".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- extremely and barely
- extremely and once in a while
- little and barely
- little and once in a while
- hardly and barely
- hardly and once in a while
- seldom and barely
- seldom and once in a while
- rarely and barely
- rarely and once in a while
- infrequently and barely
- infrequently and once in a while
- extra and barely
- extra and once in a while
Both terms in one sentence
- But seeing as B5 barely surviving without him, and him being able to arrange everything it comes as no surprise that he gets spaceborne once in a while.
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Creator Cameo: Claremont, or a barely-concealed version thereof, shows up in his comics every once in a while, and something bad usually happens to him about ten seconds later.
Source: Creator / Chris Claremont
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