HARDLY
\hˈɑːdli], \hˈɑːdli], \h_ˈɑː_d_l_i]\
Definitions of HARDLY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
By Princeton University
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by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
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Unwillingly; grudgingly.
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Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
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Confidently; hardily.
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Certainly; surely; indeed.
By Oddity Software
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In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
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Unwillingly; grudgingly.
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Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly.
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Confidently; hardily.
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Certainly; surely; indeed.
By Noah Webster.
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With difficulty; scarcely; vigorously; severely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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adv. With difficulty; with laborious effort;— barely; scarcely;—painfully; severely; distressingly;—harshly; roughly: coarsely.
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With difficulty, not easily; scarcely, scant; grudgingly; severely; rigorously, oppressively; harshly; not tenderly, not delicately.
By Thomas Sheridan
