31
hardly(adjective, adverb, near, scarce, smallness)
28
barely(adverb, near, just, scarce, smallness)
18
just(adverb, near, scarce, now, hardly)
14
scantily(adjective, adverb, poorly, hardly, barely)
13
seldom(adverb, rarely, infrequently, infrequency)
13
infrequently(adverb, rarely, infrequency)
11
little(adjective, adverb, much, infrequently)
11
rarely(adverb, infrequency)
9
only just(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, just)
9
not quite(expression, idiom, adverb, smallness)
8
almost(adverb, just, scarce, smallness, now)
8
scarce(adverb, near, now, immediately, presently)
8
slightly
7
meagerly(adverb, poorly, insufficiently)
7
nearly(adverb, just, scarce, smallness, now)
7
by no means(expression, idiom, adverb, smallness)
7
deficiently(adverb, poorly, insufficiently)
7
hardly ever(expression, idiom, infrequency)
7
insufficiently(adverb, poorly, insufficiently)
7
skimpily(adverb, insufficiently)
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