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Synonyms for hardly
ˈhɑrd lihard·ly
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Wiktionary
hardlyadverb
Barely, only just, almost not.
Synonyms:
scarcely
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Princeton's WordNet
barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarceadverb
only a very short time before
"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
Synonyms:
just, barely, scarcely, merely, scantily, exactly, simply, but, precisely, scarce, only, just nowhardly, scarcelyadverb
almost not
"he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hardlyadjective
Synonyms:
scarcely, barely, but just, almost nothardlyadjective
Synonyms:
severely, rigorously, unkindly, cruelly, roughly
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#17 | not | |
#43 | but | |
#65 | only | |
#109 | just | |
#398 | little | |
#1214 | almost | |
#1305 | simply | |
#2506 | exactly | |
#2512 | nearly | |
#5564 | merely | |
#6082 | virtually | |
#6787 | hardly | |
#7073 | rarely | |
#8208 | barely | |
#8675 | precisely | |
#10988 | practically | |
#15777 | scarce | |
#21962 | scarcely | |
#23157 | narrowly | |
#67015 | scantily |
How to use hardly in a sentence?
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Brexit would inflict a blow on the EU that it can hardly afford given the euro zone and migration crises. Without the UK, the EU would be weaker, british business cannot afford a knock and global leaders are amazed that the UK would even consider leaving.
It is hardly surprising that the near term focus of the countries at the vanguard of the campaign has switched from long-term equipment to replenishing ammunition stocks and looking at lessons of the air campaign.
The Trump administration's hard line policies on immigration ... have hardly endeared (him) to the community, appearing with PM Modi might mildly help but certainly not reverse the community's overall pro-Democrat leanings.
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us.
The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
Translations for hardly
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- بالكادArabic
- едвамBulgarian
- a penesCatalan, Valencian
- sotva, stěžíCzech
- knapDanish
- kaumGerman
- apenaŭEsperanto
- apenasSpanish
- tuskin, hädin tuskin, töin tuskinFinnish
- neyvanFaroese
- guère, dur, durement, à peineFrench
- ní móideIrish
- air èiginnScottish Gaelic
- בקושיHebrew
- थोड़ेHindi
- apeneIdo
- hakalega, ekki meira en svo, með erfiði, af hörku, naumlega, með naumindum, varla, með fyrirhöfn, tæplegaIcelandic
- appenaItalian
- ಕಷ್ಟದಿಂದKannada
- ئاستهم, جارجارKurdish
- pitoiti, pitoiptoitiMāori
- одвај, едвајMacedonian
- nauwelijksDutch
- neppeNorwegian
- gaireOccitan
- quase não, severamentePortuguese
- abiaRomanian
- жёстко, еле, резко, едва, суровоRussian
- jedvaSerbo-Croatian
- knappast, knapptSwedish
- அரிதாகத்தான்Tamil
- ледвеUkrainian
- קויםYiddish
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