Definition of HARDLY

hardly

Meanings

Adverb

  • only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats
    • "we hardly knew them"
  • almost not
    • "he hardly ever goes fishing"
    • "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"

Adv

  • Barely, only just, almost not.
  • Certainly not; not at all.
  • With difficulty.
  • Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
  • Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

Intj

  • Not really.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hardely, hardliche, from Old English heardlīċe (“boldly; hardily; without ease; in a way that causes pain; not easily; only by degrees”), equivalent to hard + -ly. Compare Dutch hardelijk, German härtlich.

Synonyms

barely, just, only just, scarce, scarcely

Scrabble Score: 13

hardly is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hardly is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hardly is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hardly is a valid Words With Friends word