30
scarcely(adjective, adverb, quantity, near, variable)
24
barely(adjective, adverb, difficulty, small, common)
16
just(adverb, near, scarce, now, simply)
11
harshly(adverb, behaviour, badly, severely, vigorously)
11
nearly(adverb, quantity, scarce, smallness, now)
11
rarely(adverb, frequency, infrequency)
11
roughly(adverb, behaviour)
9
infrequently(adverb, frequency, barely, scarcely, seldom)
9
little(adverb, much, lightly, somewhat, barely)
9
scarce(adjective, adverb, small, common, insignificant)
9
seldom(adverb, infrequently, infrequency)
8
not quite(expression, idiom, adverb, smallness)
7
arduously(adverb, badly, severely, vigorously, extremely)
7
laboriously(adverb, badly, severely, vigorously, extremely)
7
only just(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, smallness)
7
severely(adverb, behaviour)
6
almost(adverb, scarce, smallness, now, immediately)
6
slightly
6
with difficulty(expression, idiom, adverb, difficulty, badly)
5
badly(adverb, severely, vigorously, strictly, harshly)
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