hardly
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ˈhɑrd
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/ˈhɑːdli/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hardly"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž

to a very small degree or extent
hardly definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The instructions were hardly clear enough to follow.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻŦ⧇, āĻ•āĻˇā§āĻŸā§‡

barely at a particular time in the past
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He had hardly walked in the door when the phone rang.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĸ⧁āϕ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻŦ⧇āĻœā§‡ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āύāϝāĻŧ

with great difficulty or effort; barely able to do something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was so nervous, she could hardly speak.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž

in disagreement or disbelief
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He said it was my fault, I hardly see how.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§‹āώ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž

used to indicate that something is unreasonable, unexpected, or inappropriate
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You can hardly expect him to work for free.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

used to describe an action done with severity or cruelty
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were punished hardly for the smallest mistakes.
āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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