hardly

Definition of Hardly in English :

Adverb

1. barely, hardly, just, scarce, scarcely

only a very short time before

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. hardly, scarcely

almost not

Example Sentences:
'he hardly ever goes fishing'
'he was hardly more than sixteen years old'
'they scarcely ever used the emergency generator'

scarcely

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hardly

see synonyms of hardly

adverb

1.

scarcely; barely

we hardly knew the family

2.

just; only just

he could hardly hold the cup

3. often ironic

almost or probably not or not at all

he will hardly incriminate himself

4.

with difficulty or effort

5. rare

harshly or cruelly

Hardly

see synonyms of hardly

adverb

1. Rare

a.

with effort or difficulty

b.

severely; harshly

2.

only just; barely; scarcely

often used ironically or politely to mean “not quite,” or “not at all”

hardly the person to ask

3.

probably not; not likely

Hardly

see synonyms of hardly

adv.

1. To almost no degree; barely at all; almost not: I could hardly hear the speaker.

2. Probably or surely not: He is hardly the kind of guy you would want to date. It's hardly a secret that they are engaged.

3. With great difficulty or effort: I could hardly get up the stairs.

4. With severity; harshly: "The winter months would deal hardly with many of these poor folk" (William Black).

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