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Hardly Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hardly? [adv] by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [adv] almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hardly: barely \| just \| scarce \| scarcely Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hardly: a bit \| a little \| abnormally \| arduously \| at infrequent intervals \| badly \| barely \| bitterly \| burdensomely \| by a hair \| by an ace \| by no means \| closely \| difficultly \| energetically \| ever so little \| exiguously \| faintly \| feebly \| fiercely \| firmly \| forcefully \| forcibly \| frenziedly \| furiously \| hardly ever \| harshly \| imperfectly \| impliably \| inappreciably \| inconsequentially \| incredibly \| inexorably \| inflexibly \| infrequently \| insignificantly \| ironhandedly \| just \| just a bit \| keenly \| laboriously \| lightly \| little \| madly \| meagerly \| might and main \| mightily \| minimally \| minutely \| narrowly \| nearly \| negligibly \| not hardly \| not often \| not quite \| obdurately \| onerously \| only \| only just \| painfully \| powerfully \| rancorously \| rarely \| relentlessly \| rigidly \| rigorously \| roughly \| scantily \| scarce \| scarcely \| scarcely ever \| seldom \| seldom if ever \| severely \| slightly \| solid \| solidly \| sorely \| sparsely \| stiffly \| stormily \| strenuously \| strongly \| tant soit peu \| the hard way \| toilsomely \| triflingly \| turbulently \| unbendingly \| uncommonly \| uncompromisingly \| uncustomarily \| unexpectedly \| unfrequently \| unnaturally \| unoften \| unordinarily \| unrelentingly \| unusually \| unyieldingly \| very seldom \| vigorously \| violently \| weakly \| wildly \| with difficulty \| with much ado See Also \| Hardly In Webster's Dictionary \Hard"ly\, adv. [AS. heardlice. See {Hand}.] 1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Recovering hardly what he lost before. --Dryden. 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly thei? consent. --Milton. 3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. --South. 4. Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. --Swift. 5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] --Holland. 6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Hardly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hardly?

[adv] by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
[adv] almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hardly: barely | just | scarce | scarcely

See Also |

Hardly In Webster's Dictionary

\Hard"ly\, adv. [AS. heardlice. See {Hand}.]
1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.

         Recovering hardly what he lost before. --Dryden.

2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.

         The House of Peers gave so hardly thei? consent.
                                               --Milton.

3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.

         Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the
         credit of being thought good.         --South.

4. Severely; harshly; roughly.

         He has in many things been hardly used. --Swift.

5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] --Holland.

6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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