Definition
Meaning of 'hardly'
Meaning of 'hardly' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Hardly 
[ adv.]
- In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. [ adv.]- Unwillingly; grudgingly.
- Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
- Severely; harshly; roughly.
- Confidently; hardily.
- Certainly; surely; indeed.
Meaning of 'hardly' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. hardly [ r]
[ r]Meaning (1):
- almost not
- almost not
Example in sentence:
- he hardly ever goes fishing;
- he was scarce sixteen years old;
- I can hardly hear what she is saying;
- she barely seemed to notice him;
- they scarcely ever used the emergency generator;
- we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles
Meaning (2):
- slowly and with difficulty
- slowly and with difficulty
Example in sentence:
- he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight;
- prejudices die hard
Meaning (3):
- only a very short time before
- only a very short time before
Example in sentence:
- had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open;
- we hardly knew them;
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave
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