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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.