Barely and Perfectly

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Barely

Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
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Perfectly is an antonym for barely.
Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Perfectly

Perfectly adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: you know perfectly well what I'm talking about, so don't pretend
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Barely is an antonym for perfectly.
Nearby Words: perfect, perfection, perfected, perfective
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  • Informed Deformity While he is still a hunchback, it's barely noticeable and his face is perfectly normal-looking, but it's treated like it's hideous.
    Source: Informed Deformity
  • Extreme Doormat The episode Harlequinade demonstrated that when angry enough, she's perfectly willing to blow the Joker away (with a machine gun!) with barely a second thought.
    Source: Extreme Doormat
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl Though the two barely interact, Nagisa and Tomoyo fit this trope perfectly and subvert it as well.
    Source: Tomboy and Girly Girl
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