Just barely is a phrase used to describe a situation where someone or something is only able to achieve something by a small margin. Antonyms for just barely include completely, comfortably, fully, thoroughly, entirely, wholly, and easily. These words suggest that the situation or task was accomplished with ease and without any struggles. An antonym for just barely would be a term that conveys certainty or absolute completeness, unlike a term that implies a struggle or barely making it. Using antonyms for just barely in writing or speech can help to convey a more specific message and avoid any ambiguity or misunderstanding.

What are the antonyms for Just barely?

• adv.

  • scarcely
  • adequately
  ,
  • commonly
  ,
  • frequently
  ,
  • sufficiently
  .

Famous quotes with Just barely

• I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line.

  Ned Beatty
• I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so painful they can just barely bring themselves to write about it. A writer has to draw blood.

  Robert Morgan
• Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

  Gene Simmons
• I was very much involved in the resistance movement in the 1960's. In fact, I was just barely -- the only reason I missed a long jail sentence is because the Tet Offensive came along and the trials were called off.

  Noam Chomsky
• In many of the cases of conceptual innovation, … creating the conceptual tools is a precondition to coming to a clear understanding of what the problem was in the first place. It is very difficult to describe the transition after it has taken place because it is difficult for us to put ourselves back into the situation of confusion, indeterminacy, and perplexity that existed before the new “tool” brought clarity and this means it is difficult for us to retain a vivid sense of what a difference having the concept made. We can just barely imagine ourselves in a world in which there are no states, as opposed to local barons, warlords, clans, primitive communal forms of village organisation, etc.

  Raymond Geuss

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