āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻāώā§āĻ āĻāϰā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž
to a very small degree or extent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The instructions were hardly clear enough to follow.
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āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāĻŦā§ āϝāĻĨā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He had hardly walked in the door when the phone rang.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦā§ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĸā§āĻā§āĻā§āύ āϝāĻāύ āĻĢā§āύ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āϞāĨ¤
03
āĻāώā§āĻ āĻāϰā§, āϏāĻšāĻā§ āύāϝāĻŧ
with great difficulty or effort; barely able to do something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was so nervous, she could hardly speak.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
04
āĻāώā§āĻ āĻāϰā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž
in disagreement or disbelief
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He said it was my fault, I hardly see how.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āώ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
05
āĻāώā§āĻ āĻāϰā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž
used to indicate that something is unreasonable, unexpected, or inappropriate
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You can hardly expect him to work for free.
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāώā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were punished hardly for the smallest mistakes.
āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻ ā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
hardly
hard
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