Barely
Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Usage example: we barely made it to the church on time
Quite
Quite adverb - To a full extent or degree.
Usage example: are you quite sure you have permission to go?
Both words in one sentence
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While Amuro understandably is barely able to fight his enemies blow for blow Char takes them on quite well when in the original Gundam He was barely able to hurt Amuro.
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But it's quite an opposite in the game — early energy weapons do barely any damage, and they do almost nothing to metal armor-wearing opponents.
Source: Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better -
Quite a few planets have issues involving gravity as well as unpleasant (and barely survivable) biomes.
Source: Tabletop Game / BattleTech
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