Hardly

/ˈhɑɹdli/

Synonyms for "hardly" (125 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Adverb(4 words)

barely scarcelyalmost notbarely adequate margin

a bita littleabnormally almost arduouslyat infrequent intervalsbadly barely bitterly burdensomelyby a hairby an aceby no meansclosely difficultly energeticallyever so littleexiguously faintly feebly

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fiercely

Strong matches (38)

firmly forcefully forcibly frenziedly furiouslyhardly everharshly imperfectly impliably inappreciably inconsequentially incredibly inexorably inflexibly infrequently insignificantly ironhandedly justjust a bitkeenly

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laboriously lightly little madly meagerlymight and mainmightily minimally minutely narrowly nearly

Adverb(2 words)

hard just

Adjective(2 words)

leastleast animal

Noun(3 words)

least communal behaviorleast conserved traditionleast distinctive example

Related words (62)

negligiblynot hardlynot oftennot quiteobdurately onerous onerously onlyonly justpainfully powerfully rancorously rarely relentlessly rigidly rigorously roughly scantily scarce scarcely

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scarcely everseldomseldom if eversevere severely slightly solid solidly sorely sparsely stiffly stormily strenuously stronglytant soit peuthe hard waytoilsomely triflingly turbulently unbendingly uncommonly uncompromisingly uncustomarily unexpectedly unfrequently unnaturally unoften unordinarily unrelentingly unusually unyieldinglyvery seldomvigorously violently weakly wildlywith difficultywith much ado

Adverb(4 words)

not mayannot surprisinglynot unexpectedlyscarce

Related word relations

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2 entries

degree adverbevaluative adverb

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4 entries

barelynot surprisingnot unexpectedscarcely

Collocations

6 entries

hardly anyhardly everhardly noticeablehardly plausiblehardly significanthardly surprising

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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I can hardly hear you.

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We can hardly wait for the party on Friday.

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The express train went by so fast that we hardly saw it.

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It is hardly worth discussing.

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