hardly

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. Barely, only just, almost not.
2. Certainly not; not at all.
3. (archaic) With difficulty.
4. (archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
5. (obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

Intj

Not really.

Concepts

à peine

guère

difficilement

péniblement

lourdement

durement

tout juste

à grand-peine

vigoureusement

vivement

a peine

avec peine

sans doute

à l’instant

ne ... guère

certainement

dur

énergiquement

enfin

peu

pratiquement

presque

Synonymes

barely

scarcely

with difficulty

only just

just

slightly

a little

rarely

not easily

hard

seldom

scarce

doubtful

almost

doubtfully

gradually

little

nearly

painfully

sharply

weakly

who knows

just barely

like gangbusters

merely

not often

never

finally

only

fiercely

-ish

quasi

faintly

edgewise

dimly

scarcely ever

difficultly

not likely

but

slowly

somewhat

sorely

step by step

tenuously

uneasily

unlikely

smartish

with hardship

as soon as

with effort

Traductions

appena

kaum

apenas

nauwelijks

difficilmente

dificilmente

moeilijk

con difficoltà

amper

mit Mühe

lastig

mühsam

nur schwer

zwaar

μόλις

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɑːdli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: hardely

Hérité de ancien anglais: heardlīċe

Appartenant à néerlandais: hardelijk

Appartenant à allemand: härtlich

In summary

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.