Hardly Definition

härdlē

adverb

Probably or surely not.

He is hardly the kind of guy you would want to date. It's hardly a secret that they are engaged.

American Heritage

With effort or difficulty.

Webster's New World

Only just; barely; scarcely.

Hardly the person to ask.

Webster's New World

Severely; harshly.

Webster's New World

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interjection

Not really.

I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!

Wiktionary

Origin of Hardly

Middle English hardli from Old English heardlīce harshly, bravely from heard hard hard

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From hard +‎ ly.

From Wiktionary

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