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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHARDLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking: …

   • Znaczenie Hardly, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     HARDLY definicja: 1. only just; almost not: 2. certainly...

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     hardly adverb (ONLY JUST) Add to word list. B1. only just;...

   • Hardly: Thai Translation

     HARDLY translate: แทบจะไม่, เกือบจะไม่, อาจจะไม่. Learn more...

   • Hardly: Korean Translation

     HARDLY translate: 거의 -하지 않다, 전혀 -가 아니다. Learn more in the...

   • Hardly: Polish Translation

     HARDLY translate: prawie nie, ledwie, ledwo, raczej nie,...

   • Hardly: Catalan Translation

     hardly translate: amb prou feines, no, i ara!, ni...

   • Hardly: Arabic Translation

     HARDLY translate: بِالكاد, بِالكاد. Learn more in the...

   • Hardly: German Translation

     HARDLY translate: kaum, kaum, kaum. Learn more in the...

2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hardlyHardly Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   adverb. hard· ly ˈhärd-lē. Synonyms of hardly. 1. a. used to emphasize a minimal amount or degree. I hardly knew her. [=I didn't know her well at all.] It's almost new—there's hardly a scratch [=there are almost no scratches] on it. There's been hardly any [=almost no] news. There's hardly any [=almost none] left.

3. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionhardly adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   /ˈhɑːrdli/ almost no; almost not; almost none. There's hardly any tea left. Hardly anyone has bothered to reply. She hardly ever calls me (= almost never). We hardly know each other. I had hardly seen my father since that day. It hardly seems fair to put all the blame on him.

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › hardlyHARDLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   hardly adverb (ONLY JUST) Add to word list. B1. only just; almost not: can hardly I could hardly hear her at the back. The party had hardly started when she left. He hardly ate anything/He ate hardly anything. hardly ever We hardly ever (= almost never) go to concerts. Hardly had a moment passed before the door creaked open. Fewer examples.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHARDLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   adverb [ADVERB before verb] If you say hardly had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. He had hardly collected the papers on his desk when the door burst open.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › british-grammar › hardlyHardly - Grammar - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Hardly is an adverb. Hardly has a negative meaning. It normally means ‘almost not at all’ or ‘only just’. We can use it in mid position, or before an adjective or a noun: He wore a big hat that covered his head and you could hardly see his face. (you could only see a small part of his face)

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   How many meanings does the adverb hardly have?

   • There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adverb hardly, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the adverb hardly? How is the adverb hardly pronounced? Where does the adverb hardly come from?

   hardly, adv. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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   What is the meaning of 'hardly'?

   • The word ‘hardly’ in the passage is used to mean 'rarely' or 'barely'. It is the opposite of 'easily' or 'freely'. For example, 'He hardly works, yet gets paid as he is the owner’s relative.' or 'As I ran looking at the bus, I hardly saw the snake crossing'.

   Why is 'it works well' more grammatically correct than 'it

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   What is the adverb form of hard?

   • We move hardly to front position and invert the subject and verb: Hardly [V] had [S] I arrived there when I was called back to the head office 100 miles away. (I arrived there and then I was immediately called back.) Hardly is not the adverb form of the adjective hard. The adverb form of hard is also hard.

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   Is scarcely an adverb?

   • Hardly is an adverb. … Hardly ever, rarely, scarcely and seldom are frequency adverbs. We can use them to refer to things that almost never happen, or do not happen very often. They have a negative meaning. We use them without not. Rarely, scarcely and seldom are more common in writing than in speaking: …

   HARDLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   How do you use hardly in a sentence?

   • There were hardly any tourists. When hardly is modifying either the main verb or the following noun, we can put it directly before the verb or before the noun phrase: She hardly had any sleep. or She had hardly any sleep. In more formal styles, to refer to something happening immediately after something else, we use hardly … when.

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   Does hardly have a negative connotation?

   • USAGE 1, 3. hardly, barely, and scarcely all have a negative connotation, and the use of any of them with a negative like can't or couldn't is often condemned as a double negative and thus considered nonstandard: I can't hardly wait.

   HARDLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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9. www.oed.com › dictionary › hardly_advhardly, adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   What does the adverb hardly mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adverb hardly , four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.