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- Dictionaryhardly/ˈhɑːdli/
adverb
- 1. scarcely (used to qualify a statement by saying that it is true to an insignificant degree): "the little house in which he lived was hardly bigger than a hut" Similar Opposite
- 2. harshly: archaic "the rule worked hardly"
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Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning.
The meaning of HARDLY is —used to emphasize a minimal amount or degree. How to use hardly in a sentence. Can hardly be used with a negative?: Usage Guide
Definition of 'hardly' hardly. (hɑːʳdli ) 1. adverb [ADVERB before verb] B1+. You use hardly to modify a statement when you want to emphasize that it is only a small amount or detail which makes it true, and that therefore it is best to consider the opposite statement as being true. [emphasis] I hardly know you. Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept.
Hardly definition: only just; almost not; barely. See examples of HARDLY used in a sentence.
The adverb hardly means barely or scarcely at all. If you hardly ever visit your cousins in California, it means you almost never travel to see them. If you hardly know your neighbor, you only know him a little bit, and if you hardly understand what your French teacher says, you're only catching every few words she speaks.
used to suggest that something is unlikely or unreasonable or that somebody is silly for saying or doing something. He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong. It's hardly surprising she was fired; she never did any work. It's hardly the time to discuss it now. You can hardly expect her to do it for free.
1. scarcely; barely: we hardly knew the family. 2. just; only just: he could hardly hold the cup.
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HARDLY definition: 1. almost not, or only a very small amount: 2. used to emphasize that you think something is not…. Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hardly hard‧ly / ˈhɑːdli $ ˈhɑːrdli / S2 W2 adverb 1 NOT almost not My parents divorced when I was six, and I hardly knew my father. The children were so excited they could hardly speak.
