Antonyms for hardly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : hahrd-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrd li |
Definition of hardly
Origin :- c.1200, "in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort," from Old English heardlic "stern, severe, harsh; bold, warlike" (see hard + -ly (2)). Hence "assuredly, certainly" (early 14c.). Main modern sense of "barely, just" (1540s) reverses this, via the intermediate meaning "not easily, with trouble" (early 15c.). Formerly with superficial negative (not hardly).
- adv scarcely; with difficulty
- You've been so devoted to her for three days that you've hardly bowed to old friends.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She hardly looked up or spoke; but for me, I cared for nothing since she was with me.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Hope asked no questions, and hardly felt the impulse to inquire what had happened.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I can hardly think that Parliament will adopt a different view.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- It can hardly be to-day, however, for here we are at Harlowe House.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- It was hardly fair that she should have so much and Emma so little.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Then, hardly looking at his target, he snapped his rifle back to his shoulder and fired.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The inside of the church was then burnt, and hardly one escaped.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- It was easily explained, since there was hardly room for five men in the first room.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- There is hardly a man who is not afraid that some other man will do him a bad turn.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
Synonyms for hardly
- almost inconceivably
- almost not
- barely
- by a hair
- by no means
- comparatively
- detectably
- faintly
- gradually
- imperceptibly
- infrequently
- just
- little
- no more than
- no way
- not a bit
- not at all
- not by much
- not likely
- not markedly
- not measurably
- not much
- not notably
- not noticeably
- not often
- not quite
- once in a blue moon
- only
- only just
- perceptibly
- practically
- pretty near
- rarely
- scantly
- seldom
- simply
- slightly
- somewhat
- sparsely
- sporadically
- with trouble
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