hardly
- Adverb. (context, manner) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
- Adverb. (context, manner) Harshly, severely.
- Adverb. (context, manner) With difficulty.
- Adverb. (context, degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
- Interjection. Not really.
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