About The Word Hardly
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Hardly
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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.
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