ଉଦାହରଣ : We hardly knew them.
Had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open.
Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave.

ସମକକ୍ଷ : hardly, just, scarce, scarcely

ଉଦାହରଣ : He hardly ever goes fishing.
He was scarce sixteen years old.
They scarcely ever used the emergency generator.
I can hardly hear what she is saying.
She barely seemed to notice him.
We were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles.

ସମକକ୍ଷ : hardly, scarce, scarcely

ଉଦାହରଣ : I only just caught the bus.
He finished the marathon in just under 3 hours.
It was barely 5 a.m..
The network has barely 5 percent of viewers.
The batter just missed being hit.

ସମକକ୍ଷ : just