hardly

Adverb

• Scarcely; barely; almost not.
• only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats
  • "we hardly knew them"
• almost not
  • "he hardly ever goes fishing"
  • "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"

Adv

• Barely, only just, almost not.
• Certainly not; not at all.
• With difficulty.
• Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
• Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

Intj

• Not really.

Examples

• Hardly did I arrive when he left.
• He hardly ever found a ’Q’ without a ’U’, making high scores elusive.
• I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather!
• I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!
• It's hardly possible he could lose the election.
• They hardly ever watch television.

Synonyms

barely, just, scarce, scarcely, only just

Anagrams of hardly