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Synonyms for "hardly" in English

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  1. hardly:
  2. hard:
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Detailed Synonyms for hardly in English

hardly:

hardly adv

  1. hardly
    barely; hardly; scarcely
  2. hardly
    – only a very short time before 1
    just; scarce; barely; hardly; scarcely
    – only a very short time before 1
    • just adv
      • just missed being hit1
    • scarce adv
      • would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave1
    • barely adv
      • they could barely hear the speaker1
    • hardly adv
      • we hardly knew them1
    • scarcely adv
      • had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open1
  3. hardly
    – almost not 1
    hardly; scarcely
    – almost not 1
    • hardly adv
      • he hardly ever goes fishing1
      • he was hardly more than sixteen years old1
    • scarcely adv
      • they scarcely ever used the emergency generator1

hardly

  1. hardly
    hardly; scarcely

Translation Matrix for hardly:

AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
just equitable; fair; good; just; upright
scarce scarce
AdverbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
barely barely; hardly; just; scarce; scarcely barely; scantily
hardly barely; hardly; just; scarce; scarcely
just barely; hardly; just; scarce; scarcely but; exactly; just; just now; merely; only; precisely; simply
scarce barely; hardly; just; scarce; scarcely
scarcely barely; hardly; just; scarce; scarcely
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
hardly hardly; scarcely
just just; just about
scarcely hardly; scarcely
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
just close; closely; even; exactly; honest; honorable; honourable; just; just now; narrowly; one minute ago; only; recently; right-minded; righteous; simply; sincere; true-hearted; upright
scarce scarce; uncommon

Related Words for "hardly":


Alternate Synonyms for "hardly":


Related Definitions for "hardly":

  1. only a very short time before1
    • we hardly knew them1
  2. almost not1
    • he hardly ever goes fishing1
    • he was hardly more than sixteen years old1

hard:

hard adj

  1. hard
    difficult; tough; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff
  2. hard
    harsh; hard; heartless; ruthless; merciless; cruel; relentless; callous; pitiless
  3. hard
    rough; hard; harsh; hard-handed; violent
  4. hard
    critical; difficult; problematic; hard; trying
  5. hard
    precarious; worrisome; awkward; perilous; critical; review; painful; hard
  6. hard
    abrasive; stone-hard; hard as steel; hard; iron-hard; hard as iron; as hard as a nails; hard as stone
  7. hard
    calcareous; calciferous; hard; limy

hard

  1. hard
    hard
  2. hard
    hard; strenuous

hard adj

  1. hard
    – not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 1
    hard; difficult
    – not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 1
    • hard adj
      • why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?1
    • difficult adj
      • a difficult task1
      • nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access1
      • difficult times1
  2. hard
    – dried out 1
    hard
    – dried out 1
    • hard adj
      • hard dry rolls left over from the day before1
  3. hard
    – unfortunate or hard to bear 1
    tough; hard
    – unfortunate or hard to bear 1
    • tough adj
      • a tough break1
    • hard adj
      • had hard luck1
  4. hard
    – resisting weight or pressure 1
    hard
    – resisting weight or pressure 1
  5. hard
    – dispassionate 1
    hard
    – dispassionate 1
    • hard adj
      • took a hard look1
      • a hard bargainer1
  6. hard
    – (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum 1
    hard
    – (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum 1
    • hard adj
      • Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants1
  7. hard
    – (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source 1
    hard; concentrated
    – (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source 1
  8. hard
    – being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content 1
    hard; strong
    – being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content 1
  9. hard
    – given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors 1
    hard; heavy; intemperate
    – given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors 1
  10. hard
    – produced without vibration of the vocal cords 1
    hard; unvoiced; voiceless; surd
    – produced without vibration of the vocal cords 1
  11. hard
    – very strong or vigorous 1
    severe; hard; knockout
    – very strong or vigorous 1
    • severe adj
      • a severe blow1
    • hard adj
      • a hard left to the chin1
    • knockout adj
      • a knockout punch1

hard adv

  1. hard
    – with effort or force or vigor 1
    hard
    – with effort or force or vigor 1
    • hard adv
      • the team played hard1
      • worked hard all day1
      • pressed hard on the lever1
      • hit the ball hard1
      • slammed the door hard1
  2. hard
    – to the full extent possible; all the way 1
    hard
    – to the full extent possible; all the way 1
    • hard adv
      • hard alee1
      • the ship went hard astern1
      • swung the wheel hard left1
  3. hard
    – slowly and with difficulty 1
    hard
    – slowly and with difficulty 1
    • hard adv
      • prejudices die hard1
  4. hard
    – causing great damage or hardship 1
    hard; severely
    – causing great damage or hardship 1
    • hard adv
      • industries hit hard by the depression1
    • severely adv
      • she was severely affected by the bank's failure1
  5. hard
    – with firmness 1
    hard; firmly
    – with firmness 1
  6. hard
    – earnestly or intently 1
    hard
    – earnestly or intently 1
    • hard adv
      • thought hard about it1
      • stared hard at the accused1
  7. hard
    – with pain or distress or bitterness 1
    hard
    – with pain or distress or bitterness 1
    • hard adv
      • he took the rejection very hard1
  8. hard
    – very near or close in space or time 1
    hard
    – very near or close in space or time 1
    • hard adv
      • it stands hard by the railroad tracks1
      • they were hard on his heels1
      • a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening1
  9. hard
    – into a solid condition 1
    hard
    – into a solid condition 1
    • hard adv
      • concrete that sets hard within a few hours1
  10. hard
    – indulging excessively 1
    hard; heavily; intemperately
    – indulging excessively 1

Translation Matrix for hard:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abrasive abradant; abrasive; abrasive material
callous callous; hard skin
heavy heavy
knockout KO; kayo; knockout
review adjustment; amendment; analysis; appraisal; assessment; book review; brushup; conversion; critical review; criticism; critique; discussion; follow-up; followup; inspection; limited review; overhaul; readjustment; reappraisal; reassessment; recap; recapitulation; reexamination; reform; revaluation; review; review article; revise; revision; revue; service
rough rough
stiff cadaver; clay; corpse; remains; stiff
surd surd; voiceless consonant
tough brute; bully; goon; hood; hoodlum; hooligan; madman; punk; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; street fighter; strong-armer; thug; tough; toughie; yob; yobbo; yobo
trying attempting; trying
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
callous callous; cauterise; cauterize
review alter; amend; brush up; comment; criticise; criticize; critique; discuss; go over; look back; reexamine; refresh; retrospect; review; revise; speak; speak about; survey; talk about; talk it over; write a review
rough rough; rough in; rough out
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abrasive abrasive; as hard as a nails; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; iron-hard; stone-hard abrasive; harsh; scratchy
awkward awkward; burdensome; critical; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; painful; perilous; precarious; review; stiff; tough; worrisome against the grain; annoying; awkward; bothersome; bunglesome; clumsy; cumbersome; disagreeable; doltish; embarrassing; exacting; full of sadness; fumbling; gawky; grievous; ill at ease; ill-at-ease; ill-chosen; inapt; inconvenient; inept; lanky; loutish; owlish; pained; painful; recalcitrant; sticky; uncomfortable; uneasy; unenviable; ungainly; unhandy; unpleasant; unwelcome
burdensome awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough burdensome; galling; heavy; irksome; onerous; oppressing; oppressive; taxing
calcareous calcareous; calciferous; hard; limy calcareous; chalky
calciferous calcareous; calciferous; hard; limy calciferous
callous callous; cruel; hard; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; ruthless callous; calloused; impassive; indurate; insensible; numb; pachydermatous; thickened; unfeeling
concentrated concentrated; hard concentrated; intent; intently; saturated; strenuous; with concentration
critical awkward; critical; difficult; hard; painful; perilous; precarious; problematic; review; trying; worrisome critical; crucial; decisive; delicate; final; grave; paramount; perilous; precarious; serious; touchy; vital; worrying
cruel callous; cruel; hard; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; ruthless abominable; barbaric; barbarous; bloodthirsty; brutal; cruel; fell; gruesome; heinous; inhuman; inhumane; murderous; roughshod; savage; vicious
difficult awkward; burdensome; critical; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; problematic; stiff; tough; trying complex; complicated; difficult; intricate; involved; problematic; problematical; unmanageable
hard concentrated; difficult; hard; heavy; intemperate; knockout; severe; strong; surd; tough; unvoiced; voiceless
harsh callous; cruel; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; rough; ruthless; violent abrasive; coarse; harsh; rough
heartless callous; cruel; hard; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; ruthless dispassionate; emotionless; hard-hearted; hardhearted; heartless; impassive; indifferent; insensitive; merciless; pitiless; ruthless; soulless; uncaring; unfeeling
heavy hard; heavy; intemperate big; clayey; cloggy; dense; enceinte; expectant; fleshy; grave; gravid; great; grievous; heavy; impenetrable; labored; laboured; large; leaden; lowering; lumbering; overweight; ponderous; profound; sonorous; sound; sullen; threatening; wakeless; weighed down; weighty; with child
intemperate hard; heavy; intemperate intemperate
knockout hard; knockout; severe
massive awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough bulk; burly; heavily built; heavy; heavyset; intense; massive; monolithic; monumental; robust; sturdy; vehement; violent; wholesale
merciless callous; cruel; hard; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; ruthless heartless; merciless; pitiless; ruthless; unmerciful
painful awkward; critical; hard; painful; perilous; precarious; review; worrisome abominable; afflictive; atrocious; awful; awkward; dreadful; embarrassing; full of sadness; grievous; irritating; pained; painful; saddened; sore; terrible; unspeakable
perilous awkward; critical; hard; painful; perilous; precarious; review; worrisome alarming; appalling; creepy; critical; dangerous; deceptive; delicate; frightening; frightful; ghastly; grisly; gruesome; hazardous; life endangering; parlous; perilous; precarious; risky; scary; spooky; terrifying; touch-and-go; touchy; unsafe
pitiless callous; cruel; hard; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; ruthless heartless; merciless; pitiless; remorseless; ruthless; unkind; unpitying
precarious awkward; critical; hard; painful; perilous; precarious; review; worrisome critical; delicate; parlous; perilous; precarious; shaky; touch-and-go; touchy; unstable
problematic critical; difficult; hard; problematic; trying baffling; debatable; difficult; dubious; elusive; grimy; knotty; nasty; obscure; problematic; problematical; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; tough; uncertain; unreliable
relentless callous; cruel; hard; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; ruthless grim; inexonerably; inexorable; persistent; relentless; stern; unappeasable; unforgiving; unrelenting
rough approximate; approximative; boisterous; bumpy; crude; fierce; grating; gravelly; harsh; jolting; jolty; jumpy; pugnacious; rasping; raspy; rocky; rough; scratchy; uncut; unsmooth
ruthless callous; cruel; hard; harsh; heartless; merciless; pitiless; relentless; ruthless brutal; heartless; inhuman; merciless; pitiless; pityless; remorseless; ruthless; unpitying
severe hard; knockout; severe austere; dangerous; earnest; fierce; grave; grievous; inflexible; intense; life-threatening; punish; serious; severe; sincere; spartan; stark; stern; stiff; strict; strong; terrible; violent; wicked
stiff buckram; firm; potent; rigid; starchy; steadfast; steady; stiff; strong; unbendable; unfaltering; unshakable; unwavering
strenuous arduous; concentrated; exacting; intently; straining; strenuous; with concentration
strong hard; strong drastic; energetic; energetically; fierce; firm; forceful; high alcohol content; impregnable; intense; inviolable; muscular; potent; powerful; robust; secure; severe; solid; spirituous; stiff; stout; strapping; strong; sturdy; substantial; tough; unassailable; unattackable; vigorous; violent; warm; well built
surd hard; surd; unvoiced; voiceless
tough awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough aggravating; bad; baffling; boring; cross-grained; drastic; dull; elusive; energetic; energetically; forceful; grumpy; headstrong; heady; incriminating; knotty; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; potent; powerful; problematic; problematical; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; rigid; robust; ruffianly; rugged; sinewy; stern; stiff; stout; stringy; strong; stubborn; stupefied; sturdy; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; toughened; tricky; unrelenting; unyielding; vigorous; viscous
trying critical; difficult; hard; problematic; trying enervating; fatiguing; nerve-racking; nerve-wracking; stressful; tiring; trying
unvoiced hard; surd; unvoiced; voiceless unexpressed; unsaid; unspoken; unstated; unuttered; unverbalised; unverbalized; unvoiced
violent hard; hard-handed; harsh; rough; violent agressive; ardent; assaulting; crimson; fervent; fierce; heated; heavy; intense; massive; offensive; passionate; red; severe; strong; tearing; trigger-happy; vehement; violent; wild
voiceless hard; surd; unvoiced; voiceless aphonic; breathed; disenfranchised; disfranchised; voiceless; voteless
worrisome awkward; critical; hard; painful; perilous; precarious; review; worrisome alarming; brooding; distressful; distressing; disturbing; fretting; perturbing; troubling; unreassuring; worrisome; worrying
AdverbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
firmly firmly; hard firm; firmly; securely; steadfastly; unwaveringly
hard firmly; hard; heavily; intemperately; severely
heavily hard; heavily; intemperately heavily; heavy; to a great extent
heavy heavily; heavy
intemperately hard; heavily; intemperately
rough rough; roughly
severely hard; severely badly; gravely; seriously; severely; sternly
stiff stiff; stiffly
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
awkward awkward; clumsy; discomfiting; embarrassing; messy; painful; perplexing; tiresome
callous callous; horny
concentrated compressed; concentrated; in good trim; recharged
critical acute; critical; incisive
difficult almost impassable; difficult; heavy-going; rough
hard hard; strenuous
harsh grim; gruff; harsh; rough; ungentle
knockout knockout; knockout blow
merciless merciless; ruthless
painful awkward; painful
perilous highly dangerous; perilous
review criticism; estimate; judgement; judging; judgment; mark-setting; review
rough almost impassable; approximate; bumpy; chapped; difficult; grim; gruff; harsh; heavy-handed; rough; rugged; shaggy; tipsy; uneven; unplaned
ruthless merciless; ruthless
strenuous hard; strenuous fagging; strenuous; tough
strong decided; strong
tough hard to kill; hardy; persevering; persistent; strenuous; tough; with staying power
trying enervating; trying; trying to one's patience
violent uncontrollable; violent; wild
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
as hard as a nails abrasive; as hard as a nails; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; iron-hard; stone-hard
hard abrasive; as hard as a nails; awkward; burdensome; calcareous; calciferous; callous; critical; cruel; difficult; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; hard-handed; harsh; heartless; heavy; iron-hard; limy; massive; merciless; painful; perilous; pitiless; precarious; problematic; relentless; review; rough; ruthless; stiff; stone-hard; tough; trying; violent; worrisome
hard as iron abrasive; as hard as a nails; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; iron-hard; stone-hard
hard as steel abrasive; as hard as a nails; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; iron-hard; stone-hard
hard as stone abrasive; as hard as a nails; hard; hard as iron; hard as steel; hard as stone; iron-hard; stone-hard
hard-handed hard; hard-handed; harsh; rough; violent
heavy awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough burdensome; chubby; fierce; filling; galling; heavy; intense

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Alternate Synonyms for "hard":


Antonyms for "hard":


Related Definitions for "hard":

  1. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure1
    • why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?1
  2. dried out1
    • hard dry rolls left over from the day before1
  3. unfortunate or hard to bear1
    • had hard luck1
  4. resisting weight or pressure1
  5. dispassionate1
    • took a hard look1
    • a hard bargainer1
  6. (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum1
    • Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants1
  7. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source1
  8. being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content1
    • hard liquor1
  9. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors1
    • a hard drinker1
  10. produced without vibration of the vocal cords1
  11. very strong or vigorous1
    • a hard left to the chin1
  12. with effort or force or vigor1
    • the team played hard1
    • worked hard all day1
    • pressed hard on the lever1
    • hit the ball hard1
    • slammed the door hard1
  13. to the full extent possible; all the way1
    • hard alee1
    • the ship went hard astern1
    • swung the wheel hard left1
  14. slowly and with difficulty1
    • prejudices die hard1
  15. causing great damage or hardship1
    • industries hit hard by the depression1
  16. with firmness1
    • held hard to the railing1
  17. earnestly or intently1
    • thought hard about it1
    • stared hard at the accused1
  18. with pain or distress or bitterness1
    • he took the rejection very hard1
  19. very near or close in space or time1
    • it stands hard by the railroad tracks1
    • they were hard on his heels1
    • a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening1
  20. into a solid condition1
    • concrete that sets hard within a few hours1
  21. indulging excessively1

Related Synonyms for hardly


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