Barely
Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with
inflation during that same period.
rarely
Simple solutions to complex problems rarely succeed. As far as I
know, no such drugs are ever known to work.
hardly
Feeling depressed is something hardly to be expected in a young child.
scarcely
There's scarcely a business in the world that doesn't rely
in some way on natural features that help control flooding ...
expose
This has also resulted in an increase in the sheer number of
advertisements to which audiences are exposed.
