English dictionary
hardly
/'h/A/rdl/i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adverb
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only a very short time before
ExamplesWe hardly knew them.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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almost not
ExamplesHe hardly ever goes fishing.
He was hardly more than sixteen years old.
Synonyms scarcelySource: WordNet 3.0
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In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
Source: webster1913