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ADJECTIVE

barely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

almost hardly scarcely

STRONG

just scantily

ADVERB

hardly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely comparatively practically rarely seldom simply somewhat

STRONG

just

WEAK

almost inconceivably almost not by a hair by no means detectably faintly gradually imperceptibly infrequently little no more than no way not a bit not at all not by much not likely not markedly not measurably not much not notably not noticeably not often not quite once in a blue moon only perceptibly pretty near scantly slightly sparsely sporadically with trouble

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

very

ADVERB

little

Synonyms

STRONGEST

a little barely hardly rarely seldom

WEAK

hardly ever not many not often not quite scarcely somewhat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

more much

ADVERB

narrowly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely carefully

WEAK

almost by a hair by a whisker by narrow margin close nearly painstakingly scarcely scrutinizingly

Antonyms

WEAK

carelessly imprecisely

ADVERB

scarcely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hardly rarely seldom

STRONG

just

WEAK

imperceptibly infrequently just barely scantily slightly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

frequently

WEAK

adequately commonly sufficiently

Example Sentences

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“They are being exposed at a moment when their resilience is only just beginning to grow, because they are still children,” von der Leyen said at a conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Mohammed Asasa had only just returned home after burying his 80-year-old father Hussein when several children ran into the house shouting, "the settlers are digging up the grave!"

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Fahy thinks the ramp-up is only just beginning.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“We’re only just beginning to figure it out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The trail was so narrow that they only just had room to stand side by side.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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