hardly

1. adv. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Source: opted

2. adv. Unwillingly; grudgingly. Source: opted

3. adv. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Source: opted

4. adv. Severely; harshly; roughly. Source: opted

5. adv. Confidently; hardily. Source: opted

6. adv. Certainly; surely; indeed. Source: opted

7. adv. only a very short time before Source: wordnet

8. adv. almost not Source: wordnet

9. adv. slowly and with difficulty Source: wordnet

10. 1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden. 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton. 3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South. 4. Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift. 5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland. 6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer. Source: webster

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