HARDLY

hardly. Hardly, ad. with difficulty, cruelty, fatigue

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Hard″ly (härd″ly̆), adv. [[AS. heardlice. See Hard.]] 1. 1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden. 2. 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.
The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent. Milton. 3. 3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.
Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South. 4. 4. Severely; harshly; roughly.
He has in many things been hardly used. Swift. 5. 5. Confidently; hardily. Holland.
6. 6. Certainly; surely; indeed. Chaucer.