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What is the difference between barely and merely ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between barely and merely ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Barely means: Almost not.
Example: She barely understood. Which means, she almost did not understood anything, but did understand a little bit.
Another example: She barely ran away. Which means, she almost wasn't able to run away, but she did.
Merely means: Only, or just.
Example: She's merely a friend to him. Which means, she's ONLY a friend to him and nothing more.
I hope that helped ;-;.
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Barely means: Almost not.
Example: She barely understood. Which means, she almost did not understood anything, but did understand a little bit.
Another example: She barely ran away. Which means, she almost wasn't able to run away, but she did.
Merely means: Only, or just.
Example: She's merely a friend to him. Which means, she's ONLY a friend to him and nothing more.
I hope that helped ;-;.
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