What does hardly a mean?
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hard·ly a
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hardly aadjective
very few
"hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous date and year"
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hardly A
"Hardly A" is a phrase used to emphasize that someone or something is not at all a particular thing or in a particular condition. It typically implies that the subject is lacking or deficient in the quality stated after "A". For instance, if you say, "He is hardly a scholar," you mean that the person in question lacks the knowledge or qualifications that a scholar would typically possess.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hardly a in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hardly a in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of hardly a in a Sentence
It is hardly a secret that the goal of the sanctions is to create social and economic conditions to carry out a change of power in Russia, there will be no easy or fast way out of this.
It was announced publicly early last year. It was very, very well known. The fact that Chinese investors were interested in investing in infrastructure in Australia is also hardly a secret, under our legislation, under our law in Australia, the Department of Defence or this Federal Government can step in and take control of infrastructure like this in circumstances where it's deemed necessary for purposes of defense.
His ignorance covered the whole earth like a blanket, and there was hardly a hole in it anywhere.
Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.
Even if the reports about Navalny being transferred to the Melekhovo Penal Colony are true, it is hardly a relief. This colony is known to be one of the toughest and most torturous in Russia, before Navalny’s appeal to a nine-year sentence in a maximum-security prison was upheld, there were already rumors he would be transferred to this colony.
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