hardly
hardly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton.
- 2.Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South.
- 3.Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift.
- 4.Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.
- 5.Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- almost
- and
- any
- between
- blue
- cull
- decimate
- decimation
- diamond
- diminish
- eliminate
- elimination
- eradication
- ever
- exiguity
- exiguous
- experience
- far
- few
- fewness
- for
- handful
- has
- here
- infrequency
- infrequent
- infrequently
- inhabitant
- maniple
- memory
- million
- minority
- moon
- much
- not
- number
- often
- once
- one
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is hardly.
- What is unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton called?
- 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?
- What is severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift called?
- What is certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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