Barely and Vastly

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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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Vastly is an antonym for barely.
Nearby Words: bare, bareness

Vastly

Vastly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: the team has vastly improved in the course of the season
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Barely is an antonym for vastly.
Nearby Word: vast
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  • Web Animation / Death Battle While Gamera is faster and smarter, Godzilla is 9 times heavier, much stronger, and vastly more durable, having tanked a city-busting meteor without flinching whereas Gamera barely survived a similarly destructive nuke.
    Source: Web Animation / Death Battle
  • Likes Older Women Unfortunately or fortunately for him, her real personality is vastly different from his fantasy of her, and she seems to barely recognise his existence.
    Source: Likes Older Women
  • The subversion/aversion comes from the fact her real personality is vastly different from his fantasy of her, and she seems to barely recognise his existence.
    Source: Mrs. Robinson
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