hardly

Adverb
  1. Only a very short time before (synset 400002669)
    "we hardly knew them"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"
    same as: barely, just, scarce, scarcely
  2. Almost not (synset 400003317)
    "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was scarce sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"; "I can hardly hear what she is saying"; "she barely seemed to notice him"; "we were so far back in the theater, we could barely read the subtitles"
    same as: barely, scarce, scarcely
  3. Slowly and with difficulty (synset 400092166)
    "prejudices die hard"; "he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight"
    same as: hard

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