Hardly
Hard"ly
(hrd"l), adv. [AS. heardlice. See Hard.][1913 Webster]
1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
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Recovering hardly what he lost before.Dryden.
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2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.
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The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent.Milton.
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3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.
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Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good.South.
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4. Severely; harshly; roughly.
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He has in many things been hardly used.Swift.
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5. Confidently; hardily.
[Obs.]
Holland.
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6. Certainly; surely; indeed.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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