Meaning & Definition of Hardly in English
English⟶
Hardly
/hɑrdli/
adverb
1. 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
synonym:
- barely,
- hardly,
- just,
- scarcely,
- scarce
2. Almost not
- "He hardly ever goes fishing"
- "He was hardly more than sixteen years old"
- "They scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
synonym:
- hardly,
- scarcely
Examples of using
If he who hardly climbed a tree already thinks that he's a bird, then he's mistaken.
I could hardly make out half of what she'd said, she was hurrying to share the obtained information. I had to listen twice.
Tom hardly believed his eyes.