hardly

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈhɑːdli/]

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1. hardly (adv) — sense 1

Definition: Barely, only just, almost not.

Example: They hardly ever watch television.

2. hardly (adv) — sense 2

Definition: Certainly not; not at all.

Example: I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather!

3. hardly (adv) — sense 3

Definition: With difficulty.

Example: And what gentle flame soever doth warme the heart of young virgins, yet are they hardly drawne to leave and forgoe their mothers, to betake them to their husbands […].

4. hardly (intj) — sense 4

Definition: Not really.

Example: I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!

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