Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
hardly
Adverb
/ˈhɑrdli/
Definition
Barely; almost not at all.
Examples
- She could hardly wait for the weekend.
- He hardly knows anyone at the party.
- It was so dark that I could hardly see a thing.
Meaning
The term ‘hardly’ is used to indicate that something is true to a very limited extent or nearly not at all.
Synonyms
- barely
- scarcely
- only just
- virtually
- nearly
