What is scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South called?
hardly — Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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