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Hardly (comparative more Hardly, superlative most Hardly)|
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- (manner, obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 148:
- Let him hardly be possest with an honest curiositie to search out the nature and causes of all things [...].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 148:
- (manner, archaic) Harshly, severely.
- I can't really deal hardly with people.
- (manner, obsolete) With difficulty.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1, p. 234:
- And what gentle flame soever doth warme the heart of young virgins, yet are they hardly drawne to leave and forgoe their mothers, to betake them to their husbands [...].
- He made his way hardly through the enemies to the castle.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1, p. 234:
- (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
- I hardly ever watch television.
- I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather.
- It is hardly possible he could lose the election.
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In the sense "barely", it is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
- Compare example sentence with I almost never watch television
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- (barely): scarcely
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harshly
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barely, only just
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