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hard·ly / ˈhärdlē/ • adv. 1. scarcely (used to qualify a statement by saying that it is true to an insignificant degree): it is hardly bigger than a credit card. ∎ only a very short time before: the party had hardly started when the police arrived. ∎ only with great difficulty: she could hardly sit up straight. ∎ no or not (suggesting surprise at or disagreement with a statement): I hardly think so. 2. archaic harshly: the rule worked hardly. PHRASES: hardly any almost no: they sold hardly any books. ∎ almost none: hardly any had previous convictions. hardly ever very rarely: we hardly ever see them.

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hardly Used in the AV for ‘harshly’ (Gen. 16: 6, NRSV) or ‘stubbornly’ (Exod. 13: 15, NRSV) or ‘with difficulty’ (Acts 27: 8, NRSV) or ‘scarcely’ (Luke 9: 39, NRSV, but REB retains ‘hardly’; NJB has ‘it is slow’, i.e. of the demonic spirit to leave the epileptic boy).

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