Synonyms for hardly
ˈhɑrd lihard·ly

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. hardlyadverb

   Barely, only just, almost not.

   Synonyms:
   scarcely

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. hardly

   Synonyms:
   barely, just, scarcely, narrowly, merely

   Antonyms:
   fully, amply, easily, largely, abundantly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarceadverb

   only a very short time before

   "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

   Synonyms:
   just, barely, scarcely, merely, scantily, exactly, simply, but, precisely, scarce, only, just now

2. hardly, scarcelyadverb

   almost not

   "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

   Synonyms:
   scarce, scarcely, barely, just

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. hardlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   scarcely, barely, but just, almost not

2. hardlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   severely, rigorously, unkindly, cruelly, roughly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "hardly":

   barely, scarcely, almost, little, rarely, virtually, practically, nearly, not

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1. Debra Vines:

   It’s almost like they fall off the face of the earth, there’s hardly any resources available for them.

2. Marquis de Sade:

   Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.

3. Kelsey Jackson:

   We intended to stay in the shallow area where we could touch and ride the small waves, he and I were going to try it out first and then members of his family were going to come jump on the float with us. Despite the rain from the previous days, it was such a calm day. There were hardly any waves, and the gulf was very calm. There were no signs of strong currents whatsoever.

4. Lee Lawrence:

   The wind all of a sudden just got so strong and it was raining so much you could hardly see out the door, and I could hear a roaring. Evidently it came close, it will be a start-over deal.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.