Definitions for hardly
ˈhɑrd lihard·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce(adverb)

   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. hardly, scarcely(adverb)

   almost not

   "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hardly(Adverb)

   Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

2. hardly(Adverb)

   Harshly, severely.

   I can't really deal hardly with people.

3. hardly(Adverb)

   With difficulty.

4. hardly(Adverb)

   Barely, only just, almost not.

5. hardly(Interjection)

   Not really.

   I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. uE000138303uE001 Hardly!

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hardly(adverb)

   in a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty

   Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]

2. Hardly(adverb)

   unwillingly; grudgingly

   Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]

3. Hardly(adverb)

   scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly

   Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]

4. Hardly(adverb)

   severely; harshly; roughly

   Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]

5. Hardly(adverb)

   confidently; hardily

   Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]

6. Hardly(adverb)

   certainly; surely; indeed

   Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hardly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1154

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hardly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1468

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hardly' in Adverbs Frequency: #112

How to pronounce hardly?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say hardly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hardly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hardly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hardly in a Sentence

1. Devesh Kapur:

   The Trump administration's hard-line policies on immigration ... have hardly endeared (him) to the community, appearing with PM Modi might mildly help but certainly not reverse the community's overall pro-Democrat leanings.

2. Niclas Catani:

   It looks like a product that could strike a chord with the big trend of ecological consumption. In the western world, innovations in this sphere have a good chance of succeeding, it will hardly bring a revolution overnight but the start-up can nevertheless make good money out of it.

3. Erich Fromm:

   There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.

4. Jim Rice:

   It just got to the point I couldn't leave it out, i was less cautious years ago but more recently I hardly told anybody.

5. Mark Twain:

   His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere.

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