Hardly
['hɑːdlɪ] or ['hɑrdli]
Definition
(adv.) almost not; 'he hardly ever goes fishing'; 'he was hardly more than sixteen years old'; 'they scarcely ever used the emergency generator'.
Edited by Bradley--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
(adv.) Unwillingly; grudgingly.
(adv.) Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
(adv.) Severely; harshly; roughly.
(adv.) Confidently; hardily.
(adv.) Certainly; surely; indeed.
Typed by Emile
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Scarcely, barely, but just, almost not.[2]. Severely, rigorously, unkindly, cruelly, roughly.
Typed by Anatole
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Barely, just, scarcely, narrowly, merely
ANT:Fully, amply, easily, largely, abundantly
Edited by Albert
Examples
- Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Not but what myself and Micawber have our hands pretty full, in general, on account of Mr. Wickfield's being hardly fit for any occupation, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If the central depths were untouched, hardly a pin-point of surface remained the same. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I thought you were going to spend the whole autumn with us, and I've hardly laid eyes on you for the last month. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Daguerreotypy, while the father of them all, is now hardly practised as Daguerre practised it, and has become a small subordinate sub-division of the great class. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A serious occurrence that might have resulted in accident drove him soon after from Canada, although the youth could hardly be held to blame for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had seven different schemes for getting a glimpse of that telegram, but I could hardly hope to succeed the very first time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They say that hardly a native child in all the East is free from sore eyes, and that thousands of them go blind of one eye or both every year. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He did not see her--he never did see her; he hardly knew that such a person existed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She had hardly expected it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At supper, we were hardly so gay. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire: it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But at my age I can hardly get to the city, and therefore you should come oftener to the Piraeus. Plato. The Republic.
- He had hardly made the determination (though he was not long about it), when he was again as suddenly brought up as he had been by the stoppage. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It need hardly be remarked that his use both of Greek and of Roman historians and of the sacred writings of the Jews is wholly uncritical. Plato. The Republic.
- I am such a sufferer that I hardly dare hope to enjoy much of your society. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I used to pray so much--now I hardly ever pray. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Laura was certainly not chargeable with any exaggeration, in writing me word that I should hardly recognise her aunt again when we met. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A good patriot, said the other, could hardly have been more afflicted if the Aristocrat had drawn a blank. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She will hardly be less hurt, I suppose, by Robert's marrying Lucy, than she would have been by your marrying her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- If I had been round the world since we parted, we could hardly have been better pleased to meet again. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She hardly knew what to say. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Emma could hardly understand him; he seemed in an odd humour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He was a great genius, and a noble character, yet hardly capable of feeling or understanding anything external to his own theology. Plato. The Republic.
- He did not leave the stile, and I hardly liked to ask to go by. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Hardly a night passed without my dreaming of it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The snow blew in our faces so we could hardly see. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He seemed to consider himself hardly less indebted to me, than to Mr. Micawber; which I consider (as I told him) quite a compliment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Edited by Albert