hardly

副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɑːdli/    美 /ˈhɑɹdli/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Barely, only just, almost not.
    — They hardly ever watch television.
  2. Certainly not; not at all.
    — I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather!
  3. With difficulty. archaic
    — 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 […].
  4. Harshly, severely; in a hard manner. dated
    — I was a fool when I married him; and I am so far an incurable fool on that subject, that, for the sake of what I once believed him to be, I wouldn’t have even this shadow of my idle fancy hardly dealt with.
  5. Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion. obsolete
    — Let him hardly be possest with an honest curiositie to search out the nature and causes of all things […].
感叹词 intj.
  1. Not really.
    — I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!

词形变化

hardlier comparative more hardly comparative hardliest superlative most hardly superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
I hardly even know her I hardly know her not hardly working hard or hardly working

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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