Definitions
only a very short time before
Word origin
From Middle English hardely, hardliche, from Old English heardlīċe (“boldly; hardily; without ease; in a way that causes pain; not easily; only by degrees”), equivalent to hard + -ly. Compare Dutch hardelijk, German härtlich.
Used in a sentence
“They hardly ever watch television.”
“It's hardly possible he could lose the election.”
“Hardly did I arrive when he left.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Scarcely”6 letters
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