Hardly
Hardly adverb - By a very small margin.
Usage example: we were hardly able to make it back to camp before darkness set in
Narrowly is a synonym for hardly in just topic. In some cases you can use "Narrowly" instead an adverb "Hardly", when it comes to topics like scarcely. popular alternative
Nearby Word: hard
Mutual synonyms
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Narrowly and Hardly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hardly/narrowly
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