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1. (adv.) hardly
only just; almost not; barely:
hardly any; hardly ever.
2. hardly
not at all; scarcely:
That report is hardly surprising.
3. hardly
with little likelihood:
He will hardly come now.
4. hardly
Brit. harshly or severely.
5. hardly
hard.
Etymology: (1770–80, Amer.)
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| Definition of 'hardly' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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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1. (adverb) hardly
almost not at all; = barely, scarcely
Back then we hardly knew each other.; I could hardly hear what she was saying.; My parents hardly ever argued when we were kids.
2. hardly
hardly ever
not
He's hardly going ignore the insult.; It's hardly surprising he got sick after eating so much.
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| Definition of 'hardly' |
Webster 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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Sense: almost no, none, never etc
Hardly any small businesses are successful nowadays; I hardly ever go out.
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 Afrikaans: skaars, byna geen/nooit |
 Arabic: تَقْريبا لا |
 Bulgarian: почти никой/никога |
 Brazilian: quase não, nenhum, etc. |
 Czech: skoro |
 German: kaum |
 Danish: næsten |
 Greek: σχεδόν καθόλου |
 Spanish: apenas |
 Estonian: vaevalt |
 Farsi: ندرتآ |
 Finnish: tuskin |
 French: presque |
 Hebrew: בְּקוֹשִׁי |
 Hindi: मुश्किल से |
 Croatian: jedva, gotovo nikada |
 Hungarian: alig(ha), szinte semmi, s |
 Indonesian: hampir tidak ada |
 Icelandic: varla |
 Italian: quasi |
 Japanese: ほとんど～しない |
 Korean: 거의 ...아니다 |
 Lithuanian: beveik nei (vienas), beve |
 Latvian: gandrīz nekad |
 Malay: hampir tiada |
 Dutch: bijna |
 Norwegian: nesten ingen/aldri |
 Polish: mało (co), mało (który), |
 Persian: ندرتآ |
 Pashto: په كلكه توګه |
 Portuguese: quase não, nenhum, etc. |
 Romanian: abia; nu prea |
 Russian: едва (ли); почти не |
 Slovak: sotva |
 Slovenian: skoraj nikoli |
 Serbian: skoro |
 Swedish: knappt, knappast, nästan |
 Thai: แทบจะไม่ |
 Turkish: hemen hemen hiç |
 Taiwanese: 幾乎沒有 |
 Ukrainian: ледве |
 Urdu: شاید ہی کوئی |
 Vietnamese: hầu như không |
 Chinese: 几乎不是 |
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