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hard·ly

Pronounced:

/ˈhɑɚdli/Listen to audio

Function:

adverb

Meaning:

1 a : barely, scarcelyused to say that something was almost not possible or almost did not happen She could hardly bear to look at him. I could hardly believe my eyes. [=it was difficult to believe what I was seeing] I can hardly believe it! She was hardly able to control her excitement. b : almost not at all We hardly knew them. It hardly matters what I think. The changes in service have hardly been noticed. c : almost not There are hardly any new features in this software. Hardly anyone showed up for the meeting. Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about you. dused to say that something reached a specifed condition or happened only a short time before I had hardly [=barely] arrived when the telephone rang.
2 : certainly not The news is hardly surprising. = The news is hardly a surprise. [=the news is not surprising at all] This is hardly a new idea for a movie. Is this a new idea for a movie? Hardly! I've seen dozens of movies just like it.
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