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Only just - and with difficulty (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hardly

I believe this is a triple definition!

'only' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'just' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

'and' acts as a link.

'with difficulty' is the third definition.
(I've seen this before)

(Other definitions for hardly that I've seen before include "Not much" , "Not quite "It seems unlikely!"" , "Barely, scarcely" , "Almost not" , "With great difficulty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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