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Pronunciation : Hard"ly
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [AS.heardlice. See Hand.]
Definition : 1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden.

2. Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton.

3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South.

4. Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift.

5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.

6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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