hardly: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with H · ends with Y
Meaning of hardly
adv
Barely, only just, almost not.
Example: They hardly ever watch television.
Certainly not; not at all.
Example: I hardly think they'll come in this bad weather!
- archaic
With difficulty.
- dated
Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
Listed forms: hardlier, hardliest.
Source: Wiktionary — hardly.
intj
Not really.
Example: I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!
Source: Wiktionary — hardly.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hardly.
adverb
only a very short time before
adverb
almost not
adverb
slowly and with difficulty
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hardly in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hardly
H(4) + A(1) + R(1) + D(2) + L(1) + Y(4) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of hardly
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from hardly
39 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hardly. Showing up to 24, longest first.