Barely and Partly

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Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Usage example: we barely made it to the church on time
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Partly and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Partly" instead an adverb "Barely".
Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Partly

Partly adverb - In some measure or degree.
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Barely and partly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb "Partly".
Nearby Words: part, partial, partially

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  • It's partly the privation, and partly that things from worlds that are running down (such as in The Langoliers, or Roland's own) are deadened and barely functional by comparison.
    Source: Mundane Luxury
  • Film / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Amusingly, the one time the trope is (partly) subverted is in the Nut Room, with its so-inconvenient locked safety gate - that is barely waist-high, still easy to fall over.
    Source: Film / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Legion of Doom Apex tried to make one in an episode of Sushi Pack (partly as The Plan), but due to the villains' lack of respect for each other, they barely got past the planning stages.
    Source: Legion of Doom
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