Associations to the word «Hardly»
Noun
Adjective
- Surprising
- Credible
- Daring
- Conceivable
- Noticeable
- Audible
- Intelligible
- Worth
- Anymore
- Recognizable
- Blame
- Conscious
- Practicable
- Articulate
- Flattering
- Scanty
- Knowing
- Probable
- Bothered
- Blamed
- Ever
- Aware
- Deserving
- Seeming
- Exaggerated
- Odious
- Dignified
- Insignificant
- Bewildered
- Breathed
- Worthy
- Monotonous
- Forlorn
- Extravagant
- Expected
- Hoarse
- Trifling
- Cramped
- Ignorant
Verb
Wiktionary
HARDLY, adverb. (manner) (obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
HARDLY, adverb. (manner) (archaic) Harshly, severely.
HARDLY, adverb. (now) (rare) With difficulty.
HARDLY, adverb. (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
HARDLY, interjection. Not really.
Dictionary definition
HARDLY, adverb. Only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats.
HARDLY, adverb. Almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.