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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alone barely" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a sense of being alone to a minimal extent, but the combination lacks clarity and coherence.
Example: "She felt alone barely enough to notice the silence around her."
Alternatives: "barely alone" or "alone just enough".
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But West Park alone barely dents the neighborhood's rental crisis.
At the counter, the actor and writer Ethan Hawke finished breakfast alone, barely turning a head.
Yet numbers alone barely begin to do justice to the painful, turgid awfulness of it all.
Or I was there Almost alone, barely fit in my body and ready To turn, to clarify as I descended, found I was able to Descend.
If left alone, barely pink.
Now, the two boys live alone, barely surviving.
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And I think that would have been my reaction, too, had I not that very day seen a preview of a film of another book that most people consider to be only barely readable, let alone filmable: Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy But I had and, as a result, I believe that anything is possible.
The entrepreneurial class just wanted government to leave them alone, and barely bothered to vote.
Ideas, let alone ideology, barely enter the discussion.
But educational reforms alone will barely scratch the surface.
This alone would barely distinguish it from most cultures.
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