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.