barely

روزمره. در بیشتر بافت‌ها، به معنای «تقریباً نه» یا «با دشواری»، قابل جایگزینی با 'barely' است. 'I could hardly hear her' یا 'I could barely hear her'. گاهی اوقات 'hardly' می‌تواند درجه کمی بیشتر از غیرممکن بودن را القا کند.

Everyday. Interchangeable with 'barely' in most contexts, implying 'almost not' or 'with difficulty'. 'I could hardly hear her' or 'I could barely hear her'. Sometimes 'hardly' can imply a slightly greater degree of impossibility.

رسمی/ادبی. قابل جایگزینی با 'barely' و 'hardly' است و معنای مشابه «فقط کمی» یا «تقریباً نه» را دارد. 'There was scarcely any food left' کمی رسمی‌تر از 'There was barely any food left' است.

Formal/Literary. Interchangeable with 'barely' and 'hardly', carrying a similar meaning of 'only just' or 'almost not'. 'There was scarcely any food left' is slightly more formal than 'There was barely any food left'.