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- Dictionarybarely/ˈbɛːli/
adverb
- 1. only just; almost not: "she nodded, barely able to speak"
- 2. in a simple and sparse way: "their barely furnished house"
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In some only cases -. 'Barely' tends to convey a sense of magnitude of final achievement. ie the actual limit or magnitude is the primary focus. 'Hardly' tends to convey a sense of just adequate performance to cause a limit to be reached. ie the focus shifts subtly towards the reason for the limit only just being exceeded.
A good discussion of hardly/scarcely (barely) here. You've got it right. 'Nearly' is definitely not a synonym: it means "almost but not quite" whereas barely means "by the smallest margin". @jbeldock: there are no exact synonyms. 'nearly' and 'barely' are synonyms, just with nuances in different directions.
Apr 29, 2018 · No, they're essentially the same, albeit that predefine is very rarely used compared to define. But as a past-tense adjective (predefined vs defined), 'predefined' implies instructions or a mold, or even predestination. It is a proactive adjective. At some point before the actual act, someone has already created rules for how the act will occur ...
Dec 2, 2014 · 5. Excerpting this Grammarist post: Though more so spelled as two words, the one-word moreso gained ground despite the disapproval of usage authorities. More so strictly means that to a greater degree, and so refers to an adjective or adverb used earlier. E.g.: Gina is studious, and Eleanor is more so.
Jun 15, 2020 · 1. Since verily means truly or certainly. Can I use it where I would normally use certainly? Like: I certainly think that is appropriate. I verily think that is appropriate. If yes, are there instances where these are not interchangeable? differences. adverbs.
Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms (1942) provides a useful analysis of remember versus recall—in part by including a third term, recollect, to the discussion:
Jan 9, 2011 · adj. scant·i·er, scant·i·est. 1. Barely sufficient or adequate. 2. Insufficient, as in extent or degree. "Clad" does indeed mean "clothed". So someone "scantily clad" is "insufficient clothed". The phrase describes (typically but not always) young women wearing lingerie. That is, typically young, typically women, typically lingerie.
Jun 13, 2013 · 15. The suffix -logy means a branch of learning, or study of a particular subject. The suffix -nomy means a system of rules or laws, or body of knowledge of a particular subject. These two are often intertwined as you might expect. (Note that -ology and -onomy are alternate forms which include the connecting vowel -o-.)
Oct 15, 2011 · I'm trying to write good English even if I'm not a native speaker. My phrase goes something like: I then realized program X doesn't provide classes for Y (albeit its excellent support for Z).
5. In Outlier: The Story of Success Chapter 2 Section 4, there is a sentence saying. Is the ten-thousand-hour rule a general rule of success? If we scratch below the surface of every great achiever, do we always find the equivalence of the Michigan Computer Center or the hockey all-star team - some sort of special opportunity for practice?
