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, hardly, 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, hardly, 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. Devesh Kapur:

   The Trump administration's hard line policies on immigration ... have hardly endeared (him) to the community, appearing with PM Modi might mildly help but certainly not reverse the community's overall pro-Democrat leanings.

2. Said Adejumobi:

   [The] education that Africa needs is one that is skills-based, technologically grounded and globally competitive, in a knowledge driven world, a colonially-molded education which litters the entire continent can hardly play that role. It's a law and order educational system meant to serve a specific form of political regime and society. Africa needs to reinvent its educational system towards a modern competitive age.

3. Peter Merše:

   The biggest winner is of course the Freedom Movement, slovenia is once again experimenting with new faces, with people we have hardly even heard of before.

4. Robert A. Heinlein:

   The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

5. Iris Ploeger:

   There is hardly any other economy which has benefited as much from globalisation in recent years as Germany.