Hardly /(härd"ly̆)/

Hard·ly

Hardly

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