| Definitions of 'hardly' |
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1. (adverb) barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce
only a very short time before
"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
2. (adverb) hardly, scarcely
almost not
"he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
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| Definitions of 'hardly' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) hardly
in a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty
2. (adverb) hardly
unwillingly; grudgingly
3. (adverb) hardly
scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly
4. (adverb) hardly
severely; harshly; roughly
5. (adverb) hardly
confidently; hardily
6. (adverb) hardly
certainly; surely; indeed
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