What does hardly mean?
Definitions for hardly
ˈhɑrd lihard·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word hardly.
Princeton's WordNet
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
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
hardly(Adverb)
Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
hardly(Adverb)
Harshly, severely.
I can't really deal hardly with people.
hardly(Adverb)
With difficulty.
hardly(Adverb)
Barely, only just, almost not.
hardly(Interjection)
Not really.
I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. uE000138303uE001 Hardly!
Webster Dictionary
Hardly(adverb)
in a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty
Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
Hardly(adverb)
unwillingly; grudgingly
Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
Hardly(adverb)
scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly
Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
Hardly(adverb)
severely; harshly; roughly
Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
Hardly(adverb)
confidently; hardily
Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
Hardly(adverb)
certainly; surely; indeed
Etymology: [AS. heardlice. See Hard.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hardly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1154
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hardly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1468
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'hardly' in Adverbs Frequency: #112
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hardly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hardly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of hardly in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere.
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- بالكادArabic
- едвамBulgarian
- a penesCatalan, Valencian
- sotva, stěžíCzech
- knapDanish
- kaumGerman
- apenaŭEsperanto
- apenasSpanish
- töin tuskin, tuskin, hädin tuskinFinnish
- neyvanFaroese
- à peine, guère, durement, durFrench
- ní móideIrish
- air èiginnScottish Gaelic
- בקושיHebrew
- थोड़ेHindi
- apeneIdo
- með erfiði, með naumindum, tæplega, hakalega, af hörku, ekki meira en svo, með fyrirhöfn, naumlega, varlaIcelandic
- appenaItalian
- ಕಷ್ಟದಿಂದKannada
- ئاستهم, جارجارKurdish
- pitoiptoiti, pitoitiMāori
- одвај, едвајMacedonian
- nauwelijksDutch
- neppeNorwegian
- gaireOccitan
- quase não, severamentePortuguese
- abiaRomanian
- жёстко, сурово, едва, резко, елеRussian
- jedvaSerbo-Croatian
- knappt, knappastSwedish
- அரிதாகத்தான்Tamil
- ледвеUkrainian
- קויםYiddish
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