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hardly

/ˈhɑːdli/
Meanings
  • adverb

    Used to indicate that something has not happened or has hardly occurred.

    - "He hardly slept last night."
    - "The car barely made it over the bridge."
    - "She hardly ever misses her train."
  • adverb

    Used to indicate that something is difficult or barely possible.

    - "The task is hardly worth the effort."
    - "He barely managed to finish the project on time."
    - "The hiker struggled to climb the mountain, hardly able to breathe."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈhɑɹdli/



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Synonyms

barely , just , only just , scarcely
Rhymes
Words rhyming with hardly
carley , marley , parley
Homonyms
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  1. hardly (en) : having the required strength or ability

Homophones
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  1. hardly (en) : not easily or readily; barely; scarcely

  2. hardly (en) : having the required strength or ability

Variants
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hardly , hardly a , hardly any , hardly anyone , hardly ever , can hardly wait , hardly than , hardly/scarcely than , scarcely than
Forms
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hardly ever, hardly at all, hardly noticeable, hardly significant

Etymology
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Old English herlan, hergian: to bring, conduct, manage, control.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'hardly' is used more frequently in formal writing than in everyday speech.

  2. In the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, the character Atticus Finch tells his children, 'You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.' This quote is often used to illustrate the importance of empathy and understanding, and the word 'hardly' is used in the sentence to emphasize the difficulty of truly understanding someone else's perspective.

Related Concepts
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  1. scarcely: A synonym of 'hardly'. Scarcely means 'barely' or 'hardly' and is used to indicate that something has not happened or has barely occurred.

Culture
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In literature, 'hardly' is often used to describe situations where something barely happens or is barely possible. For example, in Ernest Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', the protagonist, Robert Jordan, is described as 'hardly able to breathe' as he prepares to blow up a bridge.

How to Memorize "hardly"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being impossible and 10 being easy. 'Hardly' falls around 1 or 2 on this scale, representing something barely happening or being barely possible.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'hardly' with the image of something barely making it over a finish line or barely surviving a difficult situation.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Hardly Helps Harry' to remember the meaning of 'hardly'. H for Hardly, H for Helps, and H for Harry.

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